College basketball season is closing in on us and the Road to the 2013 NBA Draft has begun.  It’s time to continue my look at this year’s senior class and some brief notes on areas where they need to show improvement to maximize their value at the next level. (You can read previous entries here:  […]

About 6 weeks until the first games of the college basketball season, and the road to the 2013 NBA Draft has begun.  It’s time to start my look at this year’s junior class and give some brief notes on areas where they need to show improvement to maximize their appeal to the NBA if they […]

About 6 weeks until the first games of the college basketball season, and the road to the 2013 NBA Draft has begun.  It’s time to continue my look at this year’s senior class and some brief notes on areas where they need to show improvement to maximize their value at the next level. (You can […]

About 2 months from the first games of the college basketball season, and the road to the 2013 NBA Draft has begun.  It’s time to continue my look at this year’s senior class and some brief notes on areas where they need to show improvement to maximize their value at the next level. (You can […]

Less than two months from the start of the college basketball season, and the road to the 2013 NBA Draft has begun.  It’s time to continue my look at this year’s senior class and some brief notes on areas where they need to show improvement to maximize their value at the next level. (You can […]

Less than two months from the start of the college basketball season, and the road to the 2013 NBA Draft has begun.  It’s time to continue my look at this year’s senior class and some brief notes on areas where they need to show improvement to maximize their value at the next level. (You can […]

Less than two months from the start of the college basketball season, and the road to the 2013 NBA Draft has begun.  It’s time to continue my look at this year’s senior class and some brief notes on areas where they need to show improvement to maximize their value at the next level. (You can […]

Less than two months from the start of the college basketball season, and the road to the 2013 NBA Draft has begun.  It’s time to continue my look at this year’s senior class and some brief notes on areas where they need to show improvement to maximize their value at the next level. (You can […]

We are about two months from the start of the college basketball season, and the road to the 2013 NBA Draft has begun.  To kick things off, I am going to spend the next couple of weeks looking at this year’s senior class and some brief notes on areas where they need to show improvement […]

After a one year lockout hiatus, the NBA held their Las Vegas Summer League from July 13-22 with 23 NBA teams and the D-League Select Team.  I was there for all 10 days of games, and if you haven’t been there before, I recommend you make sure to get there next year.  I was able […]

It’s Summer League season, and things will kick off next week with the Orlando Summer League from July 9-13.  While the 8-team event doesn’t have the atmosphere of the much larger Las Vegas Summer League, it does make it easier to focus on the teams involved.  This year’s group includes NBA Championship runner-up, Oklahoma City, […]

The 2012 NBA Draft is in the books, and it is time to take a look at how each of the teams fared.  Please note that the grades reflect how the teams picked based on a combination of the player’s draft value and the team’s need for that player. Atlanta Hawks 1st Round: John Jenkins […]

Finally, just hours before the NBA Draft, and I am ready to provide Version 1 of my NBA Mock Draft.  This is not based on what I, or others, have heard.  This is solely based on what would be the best move for each team.   1.     New Orleans – Anthony Davis, Freshman, PF, Kentucky […]

When it comes to the NBA Draft, there is such a disproportionate amount of attention paid to numbers and various statistics.  At times, I will find myself start to fall into that trap, but then a player steps out of their college system, and show a lot more to their game than you could have […]

Every year, there is a player whose name doesn’t start to get mentioned until it comes to individual team workouts.  Usually it is because they are from a smaller school, and they come into the workouts and outplay the players who are projected to be drafted.  This pre-draft season, the player whose name I have […]