Comments on: What Does a Draft Pick Get You? Part I: Stat Ratings and Number Crunching

By: A Couple Thoughts on the NBA Draft | Sport Skeptic

A Couple Thoughts on the NBA Draft | Sport Skeptic — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:15:00 +0000

[...] work, because pretty much everyone agrees that the good players are found in the lottery. This study uses a simple metric of productivity, but I imagine most other methods would come out fairly [...]

By: What Does a Draft Pick Get You? Part VI: Ranking the Draft Classes 11-20

What Does a Draft Pick Get You? Part VI: Ranking the Draft Classes 11-20 — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:54:00 +0000

[...] Part I: Stat Rankings and Number Crunching [...]

By: What Does a Draft Pick Get You? Part V: Ranking the Draft Classes — The Bottom 10

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:08:13 +0000

[...] Part I: Stat Rankings and Number Crunching [...]

By: W

Wed, 26 May 2010 23:49:58 +0000

[...] a check on Part I and my rating system, here is a visual look at where the career awards and accolades discussed in [...]

By: What Does a Draft Pick Get You? Part III: First-Year Impact

What Does a Draft Pick Get You? Part III: First-Year Impact — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:23:43 +0000

[...] Draft, we’re going to focus on the first year. Using some of the ideas first presented in Part I and Part II, this will look at the “instant gratification” that may or may not come [...]

By: Tim Donahue

Tim Donahue — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:28:24 +0000

Thanks, DS…I just scanned through the thread, and it looks pretty impressive. I really need to dig into it, but it’s a little intimidating – not sure I’m smart enough to absorb it all in one sitting (or 100).

WS is something I need to understand better. I admit that I was being almost intentionally simplistic with my analysis, but I felt it better to go with something that I fully understood. It put me in a better position to be honest about where there might be strengths or flaws (which I hope I was).

I’m glad the results are similar. It’s nice to get validation from people who actually know what they’re doing.

By: DSMok1

DSMok1 — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:54:37 +0000

Good work! If you want to see another method of evaluating the draft, see the one I did that Basketball Reference linked to: http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=6027

I used Win Shares over Replacement for my analysis. It looks similar to your results.

By: What Does a Draft Pick Get You? Part II: Awards and Accolades

What Does a Draft Pick Get You? Part II: Awards and Accolades — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:00:13 +0000

[...] Tuesday, I kicked off this series on the NBA Draft by doing a little number crunching. Now, it’s time to look where the award winners came from in the [...]

By: John Barnes

John Barnes — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:45:39 +0000

It really bugs me that one of the guys in the “Did Not Play” part of the guys drafted from #41 to #50 was the guy drafted the same year as Danny Granger: Erazam Lorbek, a guy who never made it over here (it’s obvious he never will).

Just another example as to why the foreign markets haven’t really been the Pacers’ strong point.

By: Tim Donahue

Tim Donahue — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:08:12 +0000

That’s great stuff Stephen. As I noted (and linked to) in the piece, Tom Haberstroh did a huge draft project that compared the teams. It can be problematic, because it’s really important that you take the draft class in context. Having the #1-5 pick in 2003 was much better than having one of them in 2000.

But, still, great stuff.

You can reach us here by email at 8pts9secs@gmail.com.

Again, thanks for taking the time. I expect Part II to be up tomorrow.