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
Smart and Payton are the two top college PGs available in the 2014 draft. While the mysterious Dante Exum could exceed them both, when looking strictly at college players, Smart and Payton stand well above the crowd. The reason is both are young and both hit the important statistical benchmarks that most stars have hit. The big marks both players hit are .500 on 2PP while scoring 20+ P40 and an RSB40 over 9.0. As long as there are no other red flags like high turnovers or accomplishing this feat … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2014: Marcus Smart and Elfrid Payton
The 2014 draft will be one of the best in years. There will be a lot of good stories, but the most interesting one to follow over the next decade might be the UCLA prospects and how they all turn out. There are 3 Bruins likely to be drafted, Kyle Anderson, Jordan Adams and Zach LaVine. Anderson is one of the most unique prospects I’ve seen and a very difficult player to rate. I’ll cover Anderson later, but here I wanted to look at the two UCLA SGs and the interesting contrast in style and … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2014: The UCLA Guards
This final top 60 includes only seniors and underclassmen listed as at least 50-50 to declare on Chad Ford’s list. So until next year I bid adieu to Denzel Livingston and Delon Wright. I look forward to seeing you both drafted in the 2015 lottery. The 2014 draft is shaping up as a perimeter heavy draft. After Embiid and possibly Clint Capela, there are no real good prospects at the 4 or 5. This could become one of the great drafts ever for small forwards though. It is a very deep draft at the … [Read more...] about NBA Draft: Top 60 Post Tournament
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