Great read on the NBA draft
Dave over at Blazer’s Edge has a great article …Weighing the Draft. One of the best things about this article is that his tips can actually be applied to other league drafts like the NFL or MLB. I’m a fan of mock draft’s, if for no other reason than it gives me more insight into the player’s coming into the league. Of course you have to filter out some of the b.s. your sure to find among them, but they do make for some great and lively discussions.
In the spirit of this discussion (and to encourage more) I want to offer a primer of sorts, not on the draftees, but on the judging of prospects and classes in the abstract based on fan opinions and reactions, media reports, and mock drafts–the basic resources we have available. Mind you, this is useless as a scouting or professional survey. The point isn’t to divulge arcane secrets that will give you the exact draft order. The question at hand is how we, as fans, interpret and parse the information accessible to us in order to make reasonable comparisons.
