What team has the highest average draft position?

treis · Post #1 » by **treis** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:21 am

What team has the highest average draft position for their roster? Count undrafted as being drafted 61st, and ignore undrafted international players. For example, the Bulls are:

Rose (1), Hinrich (7), Duhon (38)
Gordon (3), Hughes (8), Thabo (13)
Deng (7), Nocioni (N/A)
Thomas (2), Gooden (4), Simmons (15)
Noah (9), Gray (49)

That comes out to an average draft position of ~13. Any team have a higher average draft position than that?

ph1sh55 · Post #2 » by **ph1sh55** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:32 am

seems silly to count undrafted but (conveniently) ignore undrafted international players.

TradeMachine · Post #3 » by **TradeMachine** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:33 am

Portland is pretty high (or low).

Bayless (11), Blake (38), Rodriguez (27), Koponen (30)
Roy (6), Fernandez (24)
Webster (6), Outlaw (23), Batum (24)
Aldridge (2), Frye (8), Diogu (9)
Oden (1), Pryz (9), LaFrentz (3)

Avg: 14.733
Starters: 5.2

kevC · Post #4 » by **kevC** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:49 am

I would imagine the Hawks and the Clippers having pretty high ones.

ChiCitySPORTS#1 · Post #5 » by **ChiCitySPORTS#1** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:18 am

TradeMachine wrote:Portland is pretty high (or low).

Bayless (11), Blake (38), Rodriguez (27), Koponen (30)
Roy (6), Fernandez (24)
Webster (6), Outlaw (23), Batum (24)
Aldridge (2), Frye (8), Diogu (9)
Oden (1), Pryz (9), LaFrentz (3)

Avg: 14.733
Starters: 5.2

Aldridge would be more so considered 4th than 2nd

milehigh · Post #6 » by **milehigh** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:21 am

Allen Iverson (#1)/Chucky Atkins (undrafted)
J.R. Smith (#18)/Yakhouba Diawara (undrafted)
Carmelo Anthony (#3)/Linas Kleiza (#27)
Kenyon Martin (#1)/Nene (#7)/Eduardo Najera (#38)
Marcus Camby (#2)/Steven Hunter (#15)

WIth a lineup of
AI #1
Melo #3
K-Mart #1
Nene #7
Camby #2

the average drafting position would be 2.8

Sambonius · Post #7 » by **Sambonius** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:40 am

treis wrote:What team has the highest average draft position for their roster? Count undrafted as being drafted 61st, and ignore undrafted international players. For example, the Bulls are:

Rose (1), Hinrich (7), Duhon (38)
Gordon (3), Hughes (8), Thabo (13)
Deng (7), Nocioni (N/A)
Thomas (2), Gooden (4), Simmons (15)
Noah (9), Gray (49)

That comes out to an average draft position of ~13. Any team have a higher average draft position than that?

Tyrus would be 4th pick, not 2nd.

Sambonius · Post #8 » by **Sambonius** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:40 am

ChiCitySPORTS#1 wrote:
TradeMachine wrote:Portland is pretty high (or low).

Bayless (11), Blake (38), Rodriguez (27), Koponen (30)
Roy (6), Fernandez (24)
Webster (6), Outlaw (23), Batum (24)
Aldridge (2), Frye (8), Diogu (9)
Oden (1), Pryz (9), LaFrentz (3)

Avg: 14.733
Starters: 5.2

Aldridge would be more so considered 4th than 2nd

How so? Aldridge was drafted with the 2nd pick in the draft, regardless if he was traded or not. He was with 2nd pick.

Post #9 » by **dockingsched** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:49 am

Lakers:

fisher (24), farmar (26)
bryant (13), vujacic (27)
odom (4), walton (32), ariza (43)
gasol (3), turiaf (37), radmanovic (12)
bynum (10), mihm (7)

average: 20.67
starters: 10.8

shmoosicle · Post #10 » by **shmoosicle** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:08 am

Toronto Raptors (as the roster stands now):

Calderon (N/A)
Parker (21), Delfino (25)
Moon (N/A), Kapono (31), Graham (16)
Bosh (4), Humphries (14), Bargnani (1)
O'Neal (17), Jawai (41), Brezec (27)

Average: 19.7
Starters: 14 (Parker, Bosh, O'Neal), 18.25 (Parker, Bosh, O'Neal, Kapono)

Post #11 » by **mkwest** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:44 am

Clippers:

Kaman (6), Davis (34)
Brand (1), Powell (61), Thomas (7)
Maggette (13), Thornton (14), Ross (61)
Mobley (41), Gordon (7)
Knight (16), Livingston (4)

Avg: 22.1
Starters: 15.4

knicksNOTslick · Post #12 » by **knicksNOTslick** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:52 am

Curry (4), James (36)
Gallinari (6), Randolph (19), Lee (30), Rose (44)
Chandler (23), QRichardson (18), Jeffries (11), Balkman (20)
Crawford (8), Robinson (21)
Marbury (4), Collins (29)

Average: 19.5

The Knicks don't really have a set starting lineup right now...

BROWN · Post #13 » by **BROWN** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:58 am

Warriors

Baron (3), Watson (61)
Ellis (42), Azubuike (61), Belinelli (18)
Jackson (43), Pietrus (11), Barnes (46), Randolph (14)
Harrington (25), Wright (8), Croshere (11), Hendrix (48)
Biendrins (11), Croshere (11), Perovic (38)

Avg : 28.1 (28th)
Starters : 24.8 (25th)

Liqourish · Post #14 » by **Liqourish** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:15 pm

Detroit only has 10 signed players, so I will include the unsigned draft picks just to give them a full roster.

C. Billups 3/R. Stuckey 15
R. Hamilton 7/A. Afflalo 27
T. Prince 23/W. Sharpe 32/D. Washington 59
A. McDyess 2/J. Maxiell 26/A. Johnson 56
R. Wallace 4/T. Plaisted 46/C. Samb 51

Average: 27

Detroit so far has the fewest lottery picks with only 4. I'm sure San Antonio is close to that.

Jsun947 · Post #15 » by **Jsun947** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:32 pm

TradeMachine wrote:Portland is pretty high (or low).

Bayless (11), Blake (38), Rodriguez (27), Koponen (30)
Roy (6), Fernandez (24)
Webster (6), Outlaw (23), Batum (24)
Aldridge (2), Frye (8), Diogu (9)
Oden (1), Pryz (9), LaFrentz (3)

Avg: 14.733
Starters: 5.2

1.) Koponen isn't on Portland's roster. He doesn't count.
2.) Batum was drafted #25 not #24

Average should be 13.7

BROWN · Post #16 » by **BROWN** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:57 pm

I'm pretty sure no one can top the warriors 28th average as a roster, and 25 as a starting lineup.

sac89837 · Post #17 » by **sac89837** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:17 pm

Well the Kings have a 25.3 Score, of course if you drop SAR that goes to 27. Also last year our starting lineup had a score of 38.4, which I know no team will beat. Ouch.

C Miller(61)/Hawes(10)/Thompson(12)
PF Moore(61)/Williams(5)/Thomas(22)/SAR(3)
SF Artest(16)/Garcia(23)
SG Martin(26)/Salmons(26)
PG Beno?(28)/Douby?(19)/Singletary?(42)

thegreatblaze · Post #18 » by **thegreatblaze** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:21 pm

ChiCitySPORTS#1 wrote:
Aldridge would be more so considered 4th than 2nd

Sorry, but that's wrong. Aldridge is still the 2nd pick, regardless of the fact that he was traded.