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2014 NBA TOP DRAFT PROSPECT STATISTICAL AVERAGES

Posted: May 18, 2014 by . Filed under Blog Posts, Feature Articles | 279 Comments

As we get ready for the June 26th NBA Draft a lot of the names listed below will be the names you’ll see going high in the draft and some of them are the names of players that Cavs GM David Griffin will be deciding on possibly for the Cavaliers pick. So here’s a statistical breakdown of each player and what they did this past season in collegel basketball. The European players are not shown on this list. 

                        PPG      RPG       APG      SPG       BLK      FG%       FT%      3FG%

Andrew Wiggins     17.1         5.9          1.5          1.2          1.0          .448         .775         .341

Joel Embiid             11.2         8.1          1.4          0.9          2.6          .626        .685         .200

Jabari Parker         19.1         8.7          1.2          1.1          1.2           .473         .748         .358

Julius Randle          15.0        10.4        1.4          0.5          0.8          .500         .706         .167

Noah Vonleh           11.3         9.0          0.6          0.9          1.4        .523          .716         .485

Aaron Gordon        12.4         8.0          2.0          0.9          1.0         .495         .422         .356

Marcus Smart        18.0         5.9          4.8          2.9          0.6         .422         .728         .299

James Young          14.3         4.3          1.7          0.8          0.2         .407         .706         .349

Tyler Ennis             12.9         3.4          5.5          2.1          0.2         .411         .765          .353

Rodney Hood          16.1         3.9          2.1          0.7          0.3        .464        .807          .420

Doug McDermott   26.7         7.0          1.6          0.2          0.1         .526        .864          .449

Cleanthony Early   16.4         5.9          0.8          0.8          0.8         .486        .844          .375

Gary Harris            16.7         4.0          2.7          1.8          0.4         .429        .810          .352

Nik Stauskas          17.5          2.9          3.3          0.6          0.3         .470        .824          .442

T.J. Warren            24.9         7.1          1.1          1.8          0.6           .525        .690          .267

Kyle Anderson       14.6         8.8          6.5          1.8          0.8          .480        .737          .483

Adreian Payne       16.4         7.3          1.3          0.5          0.9          .503        .790         .423

Nick Johnson          16.3        4.1          2.8          1.1          0.7           .432        .781          .367

Zach LaVine           9.4           2.5          1.8          0.9          0.2          .441        .691          .375

Jerami Grant          12.1        6.8          1.4          0.8          0.6           .496        .674          .000

Glenn Robinson      13.1        4.4          1.2          0.9          0.3          .488        .757          .306

Jordan Adams        17.4        5.3          2.3          2.6          0.1           .485        .836          .356

Shabazz Napier      18.0        5.9          4.9          1.8          0.3          .429          .870        .405

Sean Kilpatrick       20.6       4.3          2.5          1.4          0.0           .423        .845          .348

J.Michael McAdoo 14.2        6.8          1.7          1.3          0.9           .458        .537          .000

 

RODA RATINGS – 2014 NBA DRAFT PROSPECTS TOP 20

Posted: May 15, 2014 by . Filed under Blog Posts, Feature Articles | 48 Comments

RODA RATINGS TOP 20 – as of 5-15-14

1 Andrew Wiggins            SF    6’8 – 200 – FR – Kansas

2 Joel Embiid                      C     7’0 – 250 – FR – Kansas

3 Jabari Parker                  SF    6’8 – 241 – FR –  Duke

4 Julius Randle                  PF    6’9 – 225 – FR – Kentucky

5 Noah Vonleh                  PF    6’10 – 240 – FR – Indiana

6 Aaron Gordon                PF    6’8 – 210 – FR – Arizona

7 Dante Exum                   SG    6’6 – 188 – 18 years old – Australia

8 Marcus Smart                PG   6’4 – 225 – SPH – Oklahoma St.

9 James Young            SG/SF   6’6 – 215 – FR – Kentucky

10 Dario Saric                    SF   6’10 – 223 – 19 years old – Croatia

11 Tyler Enis                     PG   6’2 – 180 – FR – Syracuse

12 Rodney Hood              SG   6’8 – 180 – SPH – Duke

13 Doug McDermott       PF    6’10 – 210 – SR – Creighton

14 Cleanthony Early        PF    6’8 – 220 – SR – Wichita St.

15 Gary Harris                  SG    6’5 – 210- SPH – Michigan St.

16 Nik Stauskas                SG    6’6 – 200 – SPH – Michigan

17 Jusuf Nurkic                  C     6’11 – 280  – 19 years old – Bosnia

18 P.J. Hairston                SG    6’5 – 220 – SPH – North Carolina

19 T.J. Warren           SF/SG     6‘8 – 230 – SPH – North Carolina St.

20 Kyle Anderson            SF     6’9 – 233- SPH – UCLA

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MY TOP 12 EARLY ENTRY CANDIDATES FOR THE 2014 NBA DRAFT

Posted: May 1, 2014 by . Filed under Blog Posts | 49 Comments

75 players have officially filed as early entry candidates for the 2014 NBA Draft. 45 of those players are underclassmen from colleges and the other 30 are international players. Here are my Top 12 players from that group:

1   ANDREW WIGGINS – SG/SF – 6’8 – 17.4ppg – Kansas

2   JOEL EMBIID – C – 7’0 – 11.2ppg – Kansas

3   JABARI PARKER – SF – 6’8 – 19.3ppg – Duke

4   JULIUS RANDLE – PF – 6’9 – 15.0ppg – Kentucky

5   DANTE EXUM – PG – 6’6 – 18.2ppg – Australia

6   NOAH VONLEH – PF – 6’10 – 11.3ppg – Indiana

7   AARON GORDON – PF – 6’9 – 12.1ppg – Arizona

8   DARIO SARIC – SF/PF – 6’10 – 16.3ppg – Croatia

9   MARCUS SMART – PG – 6’4 – 17.8ppg – Oklahoma St.

10 JAMES YOUNG – SG – 6’7 – 14.5ppg – Kentucky

11 TYLER ENNIS – PG – 6’2 – 12.7ppg –  Syracuse

12 DeANDRE DANIELS – SF -6’9 – 17.2ppg – UConn

PODCAST – 2013-14 CAVS SEASON REVIEW WITH JASON LLOYD OF THE ABJ

Posted: Apr 18, 2014 by . Filed under Audio, Podcasts | 51 Comments

The ABJ’s Cavs beat reporter Jason Lloyd and I talk about what wrong during the 2013-14 season and what lies ahead for Dan Gilbert and his Cavaliers

4 PLAYERS WHO HELPED THEIR NBA DRAFT STOCK IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT

Posted: Apr 9, 2014 by . Filed under Blog Posts, Feature Articles | 47 Comments

Shabazz Napier          PG – 6’0 – 170 – 22 years old – U-Conn

Nobody helped his stock more than Napier. All the senior guard did in the six tournament games on the way to leading the Huskies to a National Championship was average 21.7pts – 5.5reb – 4.5ast – 2.5st while shooting 46% from the field, 46.5% from 3-point country and went 31-33 from the free throw line for 94%. Oh yeah he also scored 22pts in the title clinching game against a bunch of future NBA players from Kentucky.

 

James Young              SF –  6’7 – 200 – 18 years old – Kentucky

While Julius Randle got most of the pub all season long and Aaron Harrison hit some big shots for the Wildcats late in games, Young also rose to the occasion in the tourney, saving his best for the last two games when he scored 17 points against Wisconsin in the Final Four and 20 points in the title game loss to U-Conn. He is now on everybody’s radar after those performances and the fact that he averaged 14ppg for his freshman year with the Cats.

 

Cleanthony Early       SF –  6’8 – 215 – 22 years old – Wichita St.

While Wichita St. came up short in their ultimate goal, it wasn’t due to the lack of effort from Early. The senior finished his college career scoring 31 points and grabbing 7 rebounds in the Shockers only loss of the season to Kentucky. In the other tournament game he scored 23 points and pulled down 7 boards. In those two games he made 21 of 32 shots from the field for 66% while also draining 7 of 14 three’s. For the season the small forward averaged 16pts and 6reb.

 

Kyle Anderson            PF – 6’9 –  235 – 20 years old – UCLA

His tournament numbers won’t overwhelm you (11.3pts-7.6reb-5.3ast), but his versatility at his size should. You can call him a point forward if you like after averaging (14.6pts – 8.8reb – 6.5ast) for the year. He registered one triple/double during his sophomore season and 16 double/doubles and missed out on two more triple/doubles by one assist and two rebounds.

*Napier and Early are seniors so they will be in the draft. Young and Anderson are underclassmen and as of April 8, 2014 they had not made their decision as to whether they will stay in school, or leave early for the NBA Draft.