Official Draft Thread: Prospects Watch

[drsd]

i can respect your opinion, according to this blog which uses some kind of statistical analysis that i'm not smart enough to understand currently projects Smart having the highest NBA impact i believe out of the current 2013 prospects http://shutupandjam.net/draft-rankings/

Edit: here is some back story on his analysis and what it means also his methodology http://shutupandjam.net/2013/02/04/draft-rankings/

(it's not an exact science though obviously)

From this link:
"the thing that stands out the most is that players who project as +2s are pretty much can’t miss."
Trey Burke is 3rd at 2.9 on this list. Nobody is talking about him in the top-5.

From these stats, this suggests that Burke is the most under-rated player of the year and will be a huge steal for some team. He is the best player on one of the best teams, so this is not crazy. Maybe the internet scouts are missing something that the NBA scouts won't miss on.


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[drsd]

i'm kinda miffed that we only have one pick in this draft we got to make moves to try to get another first rounder

This is an excellent point. In the 15-25 range there are a bunch of names of guys who look to be NBA productive. The #15 slot range the Celts will be at is particularly obtainable.

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[InFlames]

Marcus Smart having a big game already with almost 11 mins left to go in the game, 21 pts, 6 rebs....no assists surprisingly.

I'm on the Smart bandwagon if we can't get Noel.

[magicman123]

Smart had a solid game today

23pts, 7reb, 5stls, 3ast, 2blcks, however he did have 7 turnovers

[Noonskadoodle]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr9oQM3ZYOc[/youtube]

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[Noonskadoodle]

Smart with our pick, Oladipo with a mid-first.

Smart
Oladipo
Harkless

We would hold people to 30 ppg hahahaha

[magicman123]

Smart with our pick, Oladipo with a mid-first.

Smart
Oladipo
Harkless

We would hold people to 30 ppg hahahaha

and only score 28

[Noonskadoodle]

Smart with our pick, Oladipo with a mid-first.

Smart
Oladipo
Harkless

We would hold people to 30 ppg hahahaha

and only score 28

hahahahaha knew that was coming

[Noonskadoodle]

Nate Wolters scored a school-record 53 points and broke another mark with nine 3-pointers as South Dakota State defeated IPFW 80-74 Thursday night.

Wolters was 9 for 14 from beyond the arc, 17 for 28 overall and 10 for 11 at the free-throw line. He scored 38 of his points in the second half, helping South Dakota State (19-6, 10-2 Summit) shoot 64 percent from the floor and overcome an 11-point deficit.

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame released the names of the 12 finalists for the 2013 Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award on Thursday, a list that includes South Dakota State senior Nate Wolters.

For the month, the Jan. 21 Player of the Week, averaged 21.6 points, 5.5 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game. He shot 48 percent (56-of-118) from the field and 85 percent (45-of-53) at the line as the Jacks went 7-1 and ascended to a first place tie in the standings during the month. Wolters was also named one of the final 20 candidates for the Bob Cousy Award and to the midseason top-15 for the John Wooden Awards on Jan. 10.

[Noonskadoodle]

Chad Ford Big Board:

1-10
Nerlens Noel, Be McLemore, Shabazz Muhammad, Alex Len, Anthony Bennett, Marcus Smart, Cody Zeller, Otto Porter, Michael Carter-Williams, Alex Poythress.

11-20
Archie Goodwin, Mason Plumlee, Isaiah Austin, Trey Burke, Victor Oladipo, CJ McCollum, Rudy Gobert, Glen Robinson III, Jamaal Franklin, Dario Saric.

21-30
Tony Mitchell, James Michael McAdoo, Willey Cauley-Stein, BJ Young, Jeff Withey, Steven Adams, CJ Leslie, Lorenzo Brown, Kelly Olynyk, Myck Kabongo.

31-40
Gorgui Dieng, Gary Harris, Le'Bryan Nash, Rasheed Sulaimon, CJ Wilcox, Kyle Anderson, Branden Dawson, Brandon Paul, Patric Young, Reggie Bullock.

41-50
Doug McDermott, Sergey Karasev, Andre Roberson, Phil Pressey, Mike Muscala, Richard Howell, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Allen Crabbe, Deshaun Thomas, Cory Jefferson.

51-60
Rodney Purvis, TJ Warren, Alex Abrines, Ricardo Ledo, Erick Green, Adonis Thomas, PJ Hairston, Lawrence Bowers, Adreian Payne, Elias Harris.

61-70
CJ Fair, Ray McCallum, Wayne Blackshear, Jackie Carmichael, Russ Smith, Isaiah Canaan, Jarnell Stokes, Rodney Williams, Caleb Tarczewski, Rasmus Larsen.

71-80
Brandon Ashley, Tim Hardaway Jr., Erik Murphy, Dwight Powell, Vander Blue, Mike Moser, Przemek Karnowski, Josh Scott, Seth Curry, Jordan Adams.

81-90
Sean Kilpatrick, Semaj Christon, Aaron Craft, Ryan Harrow, Rodney Hood, Brandon Davies, Devon Collier, Nick Stauskas, Ryan Kelly, Jahii Carson.

91-100
Grant Jerrett, Marshall Henderson, mitch McGary, Chane Behanan, Nate Wolters, Jack Cooley, Nenad Miljenovic, Dmitry Kulagin, Trevor Mbakwe, Michael Snaer.

[OrlChamps2030]

^^Pretty good big board but I see Burke going and probably Goodwin going top 10. Not sure why Burke gets so underrated on every mock draft. He has all the tools to be a successful offensive point guard in the NBA. I would take him over MCW, my top 3 point guards are Smart, Burke, then MCW (its tough to leave McCollum out).

Also if Steven Adams declared this year I could't see him going in the 21-30 range. He has everything you want in a starting center, he is just as raw as they come right now. If Lorenzo Brown was in the back end of the 20's I'd take a shot on him too, 6"5 pg that really played great on NCST last year w/ CJ Leslie. Just scanning in the 2nd round, Ledo in 51-60 range and Hardaway JR in the 71-80 range are guys I like as well.

[Cigamodnalro]

Burke will be drafted by Detroit in the 8-12 range. Count on it.

[InFlames]

Smart with our pick, Oladipo with a mid-first.

Smart
Oladipo
Harkless

We would hold people to 30 ppg hahahaha

Oladipo will prob go top 10.

[magicman123]

damn you gotta check out this Louisville vs Notre Dame game, entering the 5th overtime

[bigdogdylan5]

damn you gotta check out this Louisville vs Notre Dame game, entering the 5th overtime

dude this game is awesome that basket to force the 5th OT was amazing

[bigdogdylan5]

LOL everyone is fouling out

[Noonskadoodle]

I swear Russ Smith for Louisville is point shaving lol.

[bigdogdylan5]

I swear Russ Smith for Louisville is point shaving lol.

I feel awful for that guy he had like 10 chances to win this game lol

[Noonskadoodle]

I swear Russ Smith for Louisville is point shaving lol.

I feel awful for that guy he had like 10 chances to win this game lol

haha he really did & took a bad shot all 10 times.

One heck of a game tho.

[MagicFan32]

i'd love Oladipo on the magic as a mid first.

Oladipo and Harkless could be great defensively and in transition, get a legit PG with those dudes and bang profit