Here’s my Final NBA Mock Draft. I won’t have time to write one up tomorrow, so here’s my best guess at how things might shake out with the information available as of the night before. 1. Cleveland Cavaliers – Jabari Parker I’m going…
Author: Frank Amico
Cavaliers Draft Spotlight
It’s been a while since my last post (other than my updated, post-lottery mock drafts), so just to catch up on a couple things related to the Draft Lottery results: I hate that the Cavs won the Draft Lottery because…
Updated (Post-Lottery) Mock Drafts
Here’s my updated (post-lottery) mock draft, as well as two other prominent mocks – Chad Ford (ESPN’s NBA Draft Insider) and Draft Express (a credible independent NBA Draft website). Mock Drafts Pick Team New Draft City Chad Ford (ESPN): 6.0…
Mock Draft 1.0 (Picks 21-30)
21. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Dallas): T.J. Warren, SF, North Carolina State Outside of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, the Thunder offense amounts to almost nothing (which might lead to Coach Scott Brooks’ firing if they don’t go far enough…
Where do NBA players come from?
Fellow WordPress site, SPORTCHART, recently put together an interesting series of maps detailing where in the US and around the world athletes in major sports come from. Here’s the map for the NBA: The top-4 cities in the US are…
Michael Chiadis – 2014 NBA Draft Scouting Video
Here’s the scouting video I made for faux-prospect, Michael Chiadis, of Lehigh University. Michael is 5-6, 22 year old, senior point guard who did not play on the team this past season. Unsurprisingly, he’s projected to go undrafted. Hopefully, we’ll get…
Mock Draft 1.0 (Picks 11-20)
11. Denver Nuggets (from New York): Gary Harris, SG, Michigan State The Nuggets are in a tough position because they’d like to secure another primary ball-handler to back-up/share duties with starting point guard, Ty Lawson, but Ennis and Smart are…
The All-Conspiracy Lottery
Since its inception in 1985, the NBA Draft Lottery has had a shadowy history. The system was originally implemented to negatively incentivize teams from intentionally losing games in order to secure the highest pick in the draft (more commonly referred…
NBA Regular Season Awards: Part 2
Here’s my picks for MIP. Note: I made my picks for these awards before any of the awards were announced. The only reason I’m putting these posts after the fact is because I didn’t have enough time to write them…
Mock Draft 1.0 (Picks 6-10)
Here’s the second half of the top 10. I’ll try to break the draft apart with 5 picks per post. My complete mock draft, which will updated as I continue to publish these posts, can be found on the “Mock…
Mock Draft 1.0 (Picks 1-5)
FINALLY tankapalooza is over, which is fantastic because 1) we don’t have to watch any more of these pathetic lame duck games and 2) we can finally start posting some more relevant stuff about the draft. Right now, we have…
Mock Drafts
Here’s my mock draft, which will be continually updated as I finalize my pre-draft lottery picks with short posts. Also included are 2 other prominent mocks – Chad Ford (ESPN’s NBA Draft Insider) and Draft Express (a credible independent NBA…
NBA Fans and GMs Rejoice – Jabari Parker has declared for the NBA Draft
After taking almost a month to decide, Jabari Parker has finally decided to forego his sophomore season at Duke and declare for the NBA Draft. After a first round upset by Mercer knocked Duke out of the NCAA Tournament, Parker…
NBA Regular Season Awards: Part 1 – MVP & ROY
I know this blog is only supposed to be about the NBA Draft, but picking the NBA end-of-the-season awards is fun and I’m sure my loyal readers (aka me) are interested to hear my take. I’ll fill in the Top-3…
Who’s In/Who’s Out of the 2014 NBA Draft – List
The current date for college underclassmen and international players to declare for the 2014 Draft is April 27th, however the NCAA requires players who plan on returning to school to announce their intentions by April 16th or risk being ineligible…
Podcast: Who’s In/Who’s Out Draft Breakdown
In this podcast I talk about some of the players who have officially declared for the 2014 draft and give my take on their college season and NBA prospects.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Weekend 1 of the NCAA Tournament
This past weekend we saw some awesome upsets, spectacular games and disappointing performances. In this post, I’ll break down some individual successes and failures that we witnessed during the first two rounds of a so-far fantastic 2014 NCAA Tournament. …
How Joel Embiid’s Injury Affects the Draft
Standout 7’0″, freshman center, Joel Embiid, who had been projected to be at least a top-3 pick in this year’s draft, was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his back on March 11th and is a question mark to return…
Wiggins, Parker and McDermott Have Record Breaking Peformances in Final Saturday of Regular Season
Andrew Wiggins In the second consecutive game without standout freshman center, Joel Embiid, No. 8 Kansas struggled for much of its game in Morgantown, even being down 25 to the West Virginia at one point. Enter Andrew Wiggins. The…
Reaction to Chad Ford’s Mock Draft 3.0
Chad Ford is ESPN’s primary NBA draft insider. He scouts players, talks with teams and follows all general league happenings to provide up to date information on when and by whom players will be selected by in the draft. He…