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Are there any Farieds in the 2013 Draft Class?

December 5, 2012 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

Kenneth Faried was the find of the historically weak 2011 draft. He went from Morehead State to starting PF for the Nuggets. In his second year he’s top 10 in the league in rebounds, rebounding pct, and FG pct. His dunks have become must see You Tube viewing. While I can’t say we’ll look back in 20 years and consider Kenneth Faried the best player to come out of the 2011 draft, he is the early leader in career win shares. Faried isn’t alone in having been a bargain as a small college PF. A … [Read more...] about Are there any Farieds in the 2013 Draft Class?

NBA Draft 2013: Early look at the Power Forwards

August 23, 2012 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

This is a pretty good group... potentially of course. Like the SFs there’s a lot of depth here. It’s a good mix of promising sophs and college veterans with one last chance to sparkle. With the incoming freshman class also being deep in big men, 2013 should be a good year for the bigs, which means a strong year for college basketball and a deep 2013 draft. I’m going to adopt the term “stretch 4” to replace combo forward. Combo suggests they play both SF and PF. In reality such players are … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2013: Early look at the Power Forwards