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Hey OP. Don't make a stupid thread in the first place, but don't make it even worse by not even having the facts in your brief one-line opener completely wrong. this is 2012. you have access to the internet, clearly. at least double-check your facts. Kobe was drafted 13th High schoolers can't be drafted anymore He dictated the place he was going to play He was traded for a very talented player near his peak He is more the exception than the rule
and fact he came from HS means nothing...Point was there is some talent to be found in the bottom of the lottery..so if this thread bothers you dont post on it hth ead.
Highschool players back then would have been drafted lower than their actual value because of them being such an unknown, so that had an effect on his draft spot.
Highschool players back then would have been drafted lower than their actual value because of them being such an unknown, so that had an effect on his draft spot. HOw do you explain Darius Miles and Kawme Brown? Its all relative you can find talent in the bottom picks.
Teams draft based on the potential. killakim is right in the sense that it is hard to tell how high school players well do in the league given their competition that they face is much lower in high school. You never know how their potential transfers over. Hence, Kwame Brown and Darius Miles were busts. Also, did you realize that kobe was in one of the better drafts? 1996 was one of the best draft classes. It is hard to replicate it. While I am hyped that this draft is one of the deeper drafts in recent history I don't know if it will be better than the 1996 draft. Granted I am no expert on college bball, but based on my observations from scout reports and reading forums I would think no though. Finally, yea kobe was an exception. Obviously, not many good players are drafted in the late lottery compared to say a top 5 pick. It's hard to find good players selected in our range.
The hit to miss ratio on high school players relative to draft position should be much more variable. The same is true of international players - even still today, but definitely back then. High school players had the double whammy. One, being so young and physically and emotionally not quite there yet making it difficult to accurately judge ultimately potential. And two, there being so few of them having been drafted to even show a record of what talents/skills/types of players/whatever translates better. Whereas judging talent from the known college basketball ranks, with years of data and history, is more of a known - but still part art, and part science. This is the same reason Dirk was not a top 5 pick. OP, where was Dirk picked? According to your math he was picked 15th. Where was he actually picked, then?
Hey OP, you should have added the fact that Chandler Parsons, one of the top 4 rookies this season and definitely a future all-star, was picked 38th.
actually no its your..You've nothing but ad hominem attacks..I simply stated there is talent in the later picks, which got your panties in a wad based on the quoted statement.
