NBA Draft

NBA Draft 2013: Sleeper SFs James Ennis and Maurice Kemp

June 17, 2013 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

These are a couple of similar SFs who have caught my eye and merit a special look. Both are seniors who haven’t been on the prospect radar for various reasons before this season. Both have had 3 college stops in 4 years. Both bring solid all-around games. Both are slender players with a wingspan near 7’. Both have shown promising ability to score, rebound, pass and defend this past season. Because all-around games are strengths for both I’ll show them with the same players I used as comps for … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2013: Sleeper SFs James Ennis and Maurice Kemp

Draft 2013: Otto Porter

June 13, 2013 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

I can tackle the rest of the SFs in the next article, but I felt Otto Porter deserved his own piece. He’s clearly the best SF in the 2013 draft. The mocks have had him in the top 5 for most of the year. He led an otherwise unimpressive bunch of Hoyas through a tough Big East to a #2 seed, before bowing out of the tournament early, upset by Florida Gulf Coast. Porter is an all-around SF and those types generally fare pretty well as pros. This seems to be the position more than any other where … [Read more...] about Draft 2013: Otto Porter

Draft 2013: A Look at the Shooting Guards

June 11, 2013 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

Last week I looked at the top SGs. This piece looks at the rest of the SG field. This is actually a pretty strong SG group when we include Oladipo, McLemore and Caldwell-Pope. This group of SGs has every type. There are the 2nd and 3rd tier prospects that some team may foolishly talk themselves into as early as the late lottery in Jamaal Franklin, Allen Crabbe and Tim Hardaway Jr. There are 5th-year seniors who finally clicked in DJ Seeley and Charles Carmouche. There are a couple of young … [Read more...] about Draft 2013: A Look at the Shooting Guards

Draft 2013: Top Shooting Guards

June 7, 2013 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

The NBA has gone through a dry spell when it comes to young SGs. Since Dwyane Wade came into the league in 2003, Brandon Roy and James Harden have been the only SGs to make a major impact and Roy’s career ended prematurely. That could change this year. The 2013 draft features 3 of the better SG prospects I’ve seen in a few years. Victor Oladipo, Ben McLemore and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope all enter the draft with solid prospect numbers, but also some bust potential. McLemore has been at the top … [Read more...] about Draft 2013: Top Shooting Guards

Draft 2013: Small College Guards

May 30, 2013 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

The success 2013 Rookie-of-the-Year Damian Lillard had coming into the NBA out of Weber State has put more of a spotlight on small college guards. Lillard in 2012 marked the 5th consecutive year a small college guard has had a major impact. Starting with the 2008 draft class George Hill, Stephen Curry, Jeremy Lin and Norris Cole all came into the league from a small college and have had a big impact. While I generally loathe questions like: “Who will be this year’s Damian Lillard?” the fact … [Read more...] about Draft 2013: Small College Guards

NBA Draft 2013: The Lesser PGs

May 21, 2013 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

I already took a look at Trey Burke and Michael Carter-Williams, who are the top two PG prospects this year. My next piece after this one will cover a trio of small college guards, CJ McCollum, Nate Wolters and Ray McCallum, who I wanted to look at separately. This group is what you might call the lesser PGs. These players have shown enough for a mention, but come up short as prospects. These are the type of prospects with whom I have to pick through stats to convince myself they’re serious … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2013: The Lesser PGs