Not a good year for PFs. The best I can say about this group is there are a lot of players out there who are good candidates to become inside energy players in the NBA. For that reason it should be interesting seeing what happens in round two and where some of the UFAs end up. Here are the numbers: PF Prospects 2PP 3PP P40 R40 S40 B40 A/TO Clint Capela 656 0 15.3 13.2 1.4 2.7 0.7 Noah … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2014: Ranking the PFs
In most of the mocks I’ve seen around the WWW there are two freshmen PFs, Julius Randle and Noah Vonleh, who have been consistently in the lottery and the top 2 PFs listed. Currently Vonleh is holding strong at #5 while Randle is around #7, but seems in danger of sliding lower, possibly even becoming the draft day slider. Both boast rebounding as their top strength, having averaged over 13.0 R40 during their freshmen years. This is quite an impressive number that isn’t reached by too many PFs … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2014: Freshmen PFs Vonleh and Randle
This is a solid group. The talent here isn’t crazy good as it is with the SFs this year, but it is a nice deep class headed by potential all-stars Adams, Hairston and Harris. While the players are ranked, I bunched them into 5 groups: The top 4, the young guys with potential, the best of the rest, the small college stars and four other players worth a mention. Here are the numbers: SG Prospects 2PP 3pp P40 S40 RSB40 A/TO Jordan … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2014: The Shooting Guards
Like the other perimeter positions in the 2014 draft this is a strong class of PGs. There are potential stars, likely journeymen and several players who are worth a look and could succeed should they work hard and have other factors play out right. Here are the numbers for each college player: PG Prospects 2PP 3PP P40 A40 S40 RSB40 A/TO Marcus Smart 514 299 21.1 5.6 3.4 11.0 1.8 Elfrid … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2014: Ranking the Point Guards
Cleveland has won the lottery again. When the Cavs won it last year I felt it was clear they had to draft Nerlens Noel. They passed on my advice and went with Anthony Bennett. While I’m sure the Cavs would like to have that one back, drafting Bennett did set in motion a series of events that finds Cleveland atop the lottery again with another opportunity to draft a franchise center. That Embiid tops the 2014 list of draft prospects shouldn’t be a surprise. He’s a rim-protecting center with a … [Read more...] about The Cavaliers Should Draft Joel Embiid
The 2014 draft has been all about the SFs. While I feel center Joel Embiid is the top prospect, the buzz around the most anticipated draft in years has been around SFs Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker. These two are the reason the 2014 draft was labelled “legendary” before either played a minute of college ball. Both have been called the best high school prospect since LeBron James while in high school. Both are SFs, with Wiggins possibly being able to play some SG and Parker a potential stretch … [Read more...] about 2014 NBA Draft: Top SFs Gordon, Parker and Wiggins
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