Re: Great Take On Mock Draft's ok this is just great. totally agree <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Two years ago, just about everyone in the mock draft business had New Mexico's Danny Granger ranked ninth or 10th in the hours leading up to the NBA Draft. But something strange happened to Granger and those predictions on draft night. He ended up slipping to No. 17, where the Indiana Pacers, shocked by their good fortune, were waiting. I mention this only because it illustrates that even with a well-known and well-respected player (Granger was a classy senior who had been heavily scouted), teams sometimes outsmart themselves and prove not to be even as smart as the "guys writing mock drafts in their basements," as one team scout put it. Granger's production (10.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg) in the past two seasons has easily outdistanced that of anyone taken 10-16 in that draft, and his future is arguably brighter than any of the players taken in those seven spots, with the possible exception of 19-year-old Lakers center Andrew Bynum. So keep one thing in mind when reading any mock draft: What you are reading is merely an educated guess of what the teams will do. Sometimes, that guess is way off. Other times, that educated guess comes out looking a lot better than what the teams actually do.</div>source http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writ...raft/index.html
Re: Great Take On Mock Draft's I don't understand what is so great about this. All this really says is that mock drafts are guesses on what team might do... OK?
Re: Great Take On Mock Draft's ah but it also says that although they are guesses, sometimes the first instinct/guess is the best one. GM's over analyze prospects talk themselves outta players who should be chosen where they were originally projected in mock drafts.Instead they see the faults of players they have more film on, and talk themselves into workout wonders who don't have the feel for the game.it's an interesting point.
