What I do here is pretty simple. I take the stats from the 3 major High School all-star games and form an early opinion on the freshmen. Like everything that happens before the conference games start, this opinion is going…
Author: Ed Weiland
2014 Draft: Grades
I grade the drafts on a curve. That means 3 As, 6 Bs, 12 Cs, 6 Ds and 3 Fs. I do this because the teams are competing against each other. In talent-rich draft like this it isn’t that big…
NBA Draft 2014: Final Top 60
As much fun as all this analysis has been, the real fun will start when we find out exactly how legendary this draft is. I suspect it will look more like the underrated 1985 draft than anything. That was a…
NBA Draft 2014: Ranking the Centers
What had been a class with one super prospect and not much else was further weakened by Embiid’s foot injury and the sad news about Isaiah Austin having to give up the game. Most of this piece is me urging…
NBA Draft 2014: Ranking the SFs
There have been a lot of good SFs come into the league since LeBron and Carmelo headed the 2003 draft class. This group has a chance to be as good as any SF class ever. It is a deep, diverse…