NBA Draft 2013: Why Cleveland Should Draft Nerlens Noel

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Since I started the 2013 draft analysis with the 12/31 rankings, the only thing that has been easy about the process is placing Nerlens Noel at the top. The knee injury was a huge setback, but in the time he played Noel put up some excellent numbers that put him in pretty good company. Here are players who have topped .590 2PP, 10.0 R40 and 5.0 B40 as freshmen, as Noel did this past year: Player 2PP P40 R40 S40 B40 A/TO Hakeem … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2013: Why Cleveland Should Draft Nerlens Noel

NBA Draft 2013: Combo Forwards

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Also known as a stretch 4 or a tweener, this group is something of a catchall for forwards who don’t fit. Either their size or statistics suggest they belong in a different role than what they played in college. All have some skill that could translate to NBA success. Such players have become more valuable as the trend is towards smaller lineups. The recent NBA success of such players is Ryan Anderson. Coming out of Cal as a sophomore, Anderson’s strengths were 3-point shooting and … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2013: Combo Forwards

NBA Draft 2013: Small Forwards

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I’ve already done a piece on Otto Porter, who I consider the top SF prospect and one on James Ennis and Maurice Kemp, who I would put at 2nd and 3rd behind Porter in the 2013 SF rankings. This is a look at the rest of what is a pretty strong group of SFs. I’ll do the combo forwards in my next piece later this week. Here are the numbers: Player 2PP 3PP P40 R40 ASB40 A/TO Giannis … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2013: Small Forwards

NBA Draft 2013: Sleeper SFs James Ennis and Maurice Kemp

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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

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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

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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

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