They can't have both because guys that can provide that elite production are going to be OADs (potentially), and the guys that aren't OADs will only give you 75-80% of that production in their best season. That's the choice that a coach has to make. So you can either have one season of a guy that might be able to take a solid team and turn them elite, or you can get 3-4 seasons of very solid (if not spectacular) production. Sims averaged 17 and 8 as a senior, 15 and 7 as a junior. In his last two seasons he averaged roughly 13 and 8. For his career (which was very solid) Chism averaged 11 points and 7 rebounds. Well, you have to drop down and get a player like Wayne Chism (#34 in Durant's class) (went to Tennessee) or Deshawn Sims (#31 in Durant's class) (Michigan). Now, let's say instead of Durant, you want a guy that's going to be a 3 or 4 year player. Adding a player like that to an already deep KU team would be huge. Averaged basically 26 points and 11 rebounds in his one season at Texas. Potential OADs are the best players, and often they are the best players by a significant amount.įor example, take a guy like Kevin Durant. Perhaps if he proves himself as a rebounder/shot blocker then he's a lock to go next year in the draft lottery. Granted, I've only seen a few minutes of him playing in all-star games, but it sounds obvious that the draft talk surrounding him is mostly about his unrealized potential, and I suspect that people will accept that he's got a long way to go before he is ready to post up against Dwight Howard. Apparently, the NBA GMs look at him as an instant shot-blocker worthy of a multi-million dollar contract based on shot-blocking and rebounding alone. I continue to be blown away by how highly regarded Joel Embiid is. Even though most of the players will opt to stay in college, it really is the best way to show these players where they sit in the pecking order. I like the way that ESPN is looking at it, and just ranking every player as a pro-prospect in the upcoming draft. The fact is they're guessing at multiple variables, including 1) how the first year players will perform against college talent, and 2) which players intend to make themselves eligible for the draft. It speaks volumes that each of the mock drafts are so vastly different in how they rate the KU players. has KU with four first-round picks: Wiggins No. Senior Tarik Black is projected as final pick of the second round. He has a 7-foot-5 wingspan, is a fluid athlete and is more skilled than one would think.”ĭ’s early mock draft for 2014 has Wiggins No. His feel for the game is still a work in progress, but the physical tools are convincing. “Embiid is the riskiest player in the Top 10, but next to Wiggins, he might have the most long-term potential. “The scouts I talked to aren’t quite ready to go there yet, but they are very, very intrigued,” Ford wrote.
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He’s only played basketball for two full seasons. Louisville coach Rick Pitino, who has coached in the NBA, recently shocked many by saying 7-foot Cameroon native Embiid could go No. “Wiggins is also a polished scorer who can shoot the three and get to the basket.” You hear names such as Vince Carter and Dominique Wilkins when people talk about his explosive leaping abilities,” Ford wrote. Wiggins is blessed with extreme athleticism. “Many scouts believe he’s the best young prospect to come into the draft since Kevin Durant.
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While acknowledging that “fans may have to be patient as he figures out how to fit into a pretty loaded Jayhawk squad,” Ford continues to heap praise on the 6-foot-8 Wiggins. a number of teams deliberately gutted their rosters this summer to get as high as possible in the 2014 lottery. There are 60 total selections in the two-round draft, which Ford says will “be epic. KU freshman Wayne Selden is listed at No. In expanding the ESPN rankings to the Top 100. 13 and 16 respectively, with no other college having more than one player on the Big Board. Michigan’s Glenn Robinson III and Mitch McGary currently rank Nos. 2, followed by Andrew Harrison (7), Willie Cauley-Stein (14), James Young (20), Alex Poythress (21), Dakari Johnson (25) and Aaron Harrison (26). Kentucky has a whopping seven players, while Kansas University and Michigan check in with two apiece on ESPN analyst Chad Ford’s updated, 30-player, 2014 NBA Draft “Big Board,” which was released Monday.įord currently projects KU freshmen Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid to be taken Nos.
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