The Draft Report

I think it's a good exercise to think about players without the hype or bias that comes with knowing their name or team.  Therefore, I created a little blind resume, and will reveal the player names below and discuss my thoughts.  Try not to spoil the exercise by looking at the player names before analyzing the different players! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The three players listed above are Jordan Nwora of Louisville (Player A), Kouat Noi of TCU (Player B) and KZ Okpala of Stanford (Player C).  Looking at the numbers and attributes only, to me at least it seems that Nwora is the top guy, and Noi and Okapala follow behind him pretty closely to each other.  I would put Okpala a little bit ahead of Noi looking at these numbers just because of Noi's advanced age and Okapala's potential as a three level scorer shown by his free throw rate.  But, it's pretty close between those two, as Noi shows the potential to be a pretty good 3 and D prosp

Markus Howard Point Guard, Marquette 5-11, 175 lbs 6-0 wingspan Markus Howard is the latest star NCAA guard in the long line of big time scorers and shot makers. However, he is not being discussed as much of an NBA prospect. Not only do I think Howard should be drafted, I would take him in the late lottery to mid first round range. Here’s why... First, here are a couple of fun facts: Fun fact #1: Who are the only major conference college guards this decade to score at least 23 points per game with a true shooting % of at least 60, and a box plus minus of at least 8? Answer: Buddy Hield and Markus Howard Fun fact #2: Buddy Hield was 23 years old at this point during his 2015-2016 season (the one mentioned the first fun fact), while Markus Howard is currently just 19 years old. Fun fact #3: If you keep the parameters from the first fact the same except for including players from all conferences and moving the TS% down to 55%, Trae Young, Ja Morant, Markelle Ful