Hey everyone, I'm a lifelong Dubs fan and long-time lurker who with a friend of mine recently attempted to create a reliable metric for individual player defense at the college level. It's called CLAMP; I've got scores for players from 2008 up to this year; Draymond in his senior year scored 38th overall out of 33,150 player-seasons, 13th out of over 13,000 wings.
I know this verges on self-promotion, but I'm not trying to make money off this document here, I just want to share it with an audience who might like it. It's a 75-page booklet with an explanation and leaderboards for CLAMP as well as full-page player profiles. I make a recommendation for the Warriors that includes a trade I haven't seen discussed for the No. 2 pick but seems like a good value for it, especially if you like guys willing to punch teammates in the face, which Steve Kerr might.
If any of that interests you, check out the pdf
here (it's on google docs, it's not a download or anything), or in my signature below. As far as the top college prospects, CLAMP can't comment on Wiseman, but I think the pick is best used in conjunction with the trade exception to get veteran help down low. We need a second guy in the successor to the Death Lineup with Barnes' beef or KD's length, otherwise Draymond will be overtaxed rim-protecting by himself late in games against the Lakers, Nuggets, and a few other contenders.
Anyway, $4 a pound.
