Thursday, May 23, 2013

Updated NBA Draft Big Board

As you can tell, there is a link to the right when you first visit the site that has a link to the updated big board.  Here is the list:
  1.  Nerlens Noel C/Kentucky Grade:79
  2.  Ben McLemore SG/Kansas Grade: 79
  3.  Victor Oladipo SG/Indiana Grade: 78
  4.  Otto Porter SF/Georgetown Grade: 77
  5.  Trey Burke PG/Michigan Grade: 77
  6.  Alex Len C/Maryland Grade: 76
  7.  CJ McCollum G/Lehigh Grade: 76
  8.  Cody Zeller C/Indiana Grade: 74
  9.  Shabazz Muhammad SF/UCLA Grade: 74
  10.  Dario Saric F/Croatia Grade:73
  11.  Anthony Bennett PF/UNLV Grade: 72
  12.  Rudy Gobert C/France Grade:72
  13.  Michael Carter-Williams PG/Syracuse Grade: 71
  14.  Dennis Schroeder PG/Germany Grade: 70  
  15.  Gorgui Dieng C/Louisville Grade: 70
  16.  Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG/Georgia Grade: 70
  17.  Giannis Adetokunbo SF/Greece Grade: 69
  18.  Steven Adams C/Pittsburgh Grade: 69
  19.  Shane Larkin PG/Miami Grade: 69 
  20.  Sergey Karasev SF/Russia Grade: 68
  21.  Jeff Withey C/Kansas Grade:68
  22.  Allan Crabbe SG/California Grade: 67
  23.  Kelly Olynyk PF/Gonzaga Grade: 66
  24.  Mason Plumlee PF/Duke Grade: 66
  25.  Nemanja Nedovic G/Serbia Grade: 65
  26.  Reggie Bullock SF/North Carolina Grade: 65
  27.  Isaiah Canaan PG/Murray State Grade: 64
  28.  Tim Hardaway Jr. SG/Michigan Grade: 64
  29.  Jamaal Franklin SF/San Diego State Grade: 64
  30.  Jackie Carmichael PF/Illinois State Grade: 64 
Thoughts:
- Noel is barely holding onto the #1 spot.  This is a draft where none of these players truly deserve to go number one.  Look for someone to emerge during workouts.
-  I am still not convinced Anthony Bennett is a top ten pick.  He is essentially Brandon Bass with deeper range.  I have heard him compared with Elton Brand, and that he has "All-Star" potential.  Don't get me wrong, he can be a good starter in the league if he works at it, but his bust potential is a lot higher than others are admitting.
- Look for 6-7 international players to go in the first round.  Others not on this list who could go in rd. 1: Lucas Nogueira, Mouhammadou Jaiteh, Alex Abrines
- Depth in late first is very good.  I would be thrilled with a guy like Nedovic or Bullock late in rd. 1- there is value not normally present.
- I still don't know who I want Portland to draft.  My favorite options at this point (likely to change):
     -Zeller
     -McCollum
     -Saric
     -Gobert
     -Anyone who falls from the top 6

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