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Applying Common Sense To The NBA Draft-Part III "The Fazekas Affair" | 4 comments (4 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Good stuff (#1)
by mw2828 on Thu Jan 04 2007 at 6:32 PM EST

Yeah, awesome article, I agree with you 100 percent. While I can never quite understand what exactly Dick Vitale is saying most of the time, his rant during the draft 2 [?] years ago about how NBA teams are ignoring American talent foolishly in favor of Foreign mystery and upside [ugh, I hate that "word"] was spot on. Why aren't we lending more credence to our kids over here and the competition they're playing against? I mean, who cares if some foreign stiff can dunk on his fellow countrymen? Are you joking me with this stuff? For every Dirk, there has to be ten Frederich Weises [shudders]

It's just basic stupidity. A kid CAN have track record at the collegiate level, and paying little heed to stats just boggles my mind.

Thank you (#2)
by Trevor on Thu Jan 04 2007 at 8:49 PM EST

I remember that rant and it may have been the most intelligent string of sentences ever uttered by Dick Vitale.

I honestly think that if we keep going this direction that five years from now you are going to see some whiz kid come in and take a Billy Beane approach and draft soley based on college performance. The media will label him as a genius.......when in essence he was just doing what used to be commonplace when it came to drafting basketball talent

"No, cause it ain't sh*t. Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain't sh*t ... Next time I might shake my d*ck." --Randy Moss
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The One Team That Does It Right... (#3)
by SportsOverload on Mon Jan 15 2007 at 3:54 PM EST

I mentioned briefly in my last article something about this, but I will get more extensive now. The Chicago Bulls last 5 drafts correlate with your argument and they have improved drastically in the last 5 years because of this. Take a look:

2006:
1st Round Tyrus Thomas, LSU (Final Four experience)

2005:
No Picks

2004:
1st Round Ben Gordon, UConn (National Champ)
1st Round Luol Deng, Duke (Who wins more than Duke?)
2nd Round Chris Duhon, Duke (Final Four experience)

2003:
1st Round Kirk Hinrich, Kansas (Final Four)
2nd Round Mario Austin, Mississippi State

2002:
1st Round Jay Williams, Duke (Final Four)
2nd Round Roger Mason Jr., Virginia
2nd Round Lonny Baxter, Maryland (National Champ)

Notice there are no Europeans or high school picks in the last five years. Also notice, at the begginning of these 5 years the Bulls were as bad as anyone in the league and now they are going to have home-court in the first round.

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: Thank you SportsOverload! (#4)
by Trevor on Tue Jan 23 2007 at 11:38 PM EST

That is an excellent point about the Bulls. To top it off, the Bulls are always considered one of the best, young teams in all of basketball.

"No, cause it ain't sh*t. Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain't sh*t ... Next time I might shake my d*ck." --Randy Moss
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