Bismack’s Promise

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The public rarely gets a glimpse into the inner workings of agent battles for players.  I have always assumed the battles involved seedy promises to young and potentially naïve players.  But what about the young players abroad?  How are they treated by the agent community?  This week, the details of litigation in New York revealed a bit these relationships and that the representation battles are not limited the United States. In 2014, a Barcelona based-sports manager name Igor Crespo sued NBA … [Read more...] about Bismack’s Promise

2015 Draft Grades

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This is a difficult draft to grade. Because it has excellent depth, but no clear superstar I wanted to give a couple As and a couple Fs while all the other teams get a C+. There are only 5 teams whose draft I look at and say, “That was a disaster.” But my MO has always been to grade on a curve, awarding 3 As and Fs, 6 Bs and Ds and 12 Cs and that’s what I’ll continue to do. That’s also why I’m praising some of the teams I graded D. I try to grade based on how the team helped themselves more … [Read more...] about 2015 Draft Grades

2015 NBA Draft: Final Top 60

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The 2015 draft should be a pretty good one. As a historical comp, I see this one turning out like the 1970 draft. That draft was loaded with good, but not great centers and produced 12 all-stars. I like Towns and Winslow as the top 2. Both have the same high upside/low bust combination. The top 10 all look pretty solid. Porzingis is the high upside mystery. After that the next 20-25 picks offer solid value. In the 2nd round things drop off quite a bit. This list reflects how I would draft … [Read more...] about 2015 NBA Draft: Final Top 60

2015 NBA Draft: Ranking the Centers

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There haven’t been a lot of good, deep center classes in the history of the NBA draft. The last draft with multiple all-stars at center was 2007 with Horford, Noah and Gasol. Before that it was 1992 with Shaquille O’Neal and Alonzo Mourning. Before that it goes back to 1970 when HOFers Bob Lanier, Dave Cowens and Dan Issel all came into the game, along with the solid Sam Lacey. The 2015 draft has the potential to join this group. That will be a great thing for a league that’s starving for some … [Read more...] about 2015 NBA Draft: Ranking the Centers

2015 NBA Draft: Ranking the PGs

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In a league full of solid PGs the 2015 class looks like it will add some good one to the group. In addition to the 2 young phenoms, Russell and Mudiay, there are a lot of 5th-year senior I find myself liking this year. The PG benchmarks are .500 2PP, 18.0 P40, 5.0 A40, 1.4 S40, 6.0 RSB40, 1.4 A/TO and some 3-point ability. These aren’t as strict for freshmen and sophomores as they are for juniors and seniors. Here are the numbers. Players are listed in order of how I would draft them all … [Read more...] about 2015 NBA Draft: Ranking the PGs

2015 NBA Draft: Ranking the Small Forwards

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The 2015 Small Forward crop is a top heavy bunch. Where the PFs are a group of 12 prospects that could go either way, the SFs have a wide gulf between the likely stars and the others. After Winslow, Hezonja, Johnson and Oubre the pickings get really slim. I just can’t find more than a few SF prospects outside of the ones we all know about who are even worth mentioning. But the young guys are a very impressive bunch. If players like Anderson, Tokoto and Dekker step up their games in the pros, … [Read more...] about 2015 NBA Draft: Ranking the Small Forwards

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