ballislife wrote:ThemCrookedRefs wrote:sunny wrote:Although Givony does speak to some scouts/GM's, his biggest factor in ranking prospects is his eye. Chad Ford is much more connected than him which is why their is a big disparity in their rankings; although I would not argue that one is necessarily better than the other.
I find that Givony is pretty spot on (obviously the closer to the actual draft it gets) in the lottery. The past few years when I've watched the draft, the draftexpress mocks are almost a spoiler alert. I trust Givony's input more.
Agreed. I don't even look at NBAdraft.net... that site is really no better than you or I... draftexpress has thorough scouting reports on everyone.
On another note... Barnes didn't help his case at all tonight, but I still have faith in him. He's still growing. If we're drafting 5-6, I think he's our guy.
Nbadraft.net has been more accurate with their mocks the last few years. For example they
had Derrick Williams going top 3 as of February before Chad Ford or Draft Express even had
him in their top 20. Draft Express didn't even acknowledge Derrick Williams as a lottery pick
until a couple of weeks before the draft.