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I see some of you are more knowledgeable than I am about the draft this year. I love the draft....I go so far back as to actually being excited that the Bulls drafted Stacey King...just because I knew a little bit about him at the time (he actually was a damn good college player). Jerry Krause ruined many draft nights for me...I remember ordering pizza and sitting with one of my homies in anticipation of the draft only to watch the Bulls draft...Jason Caffey.

I have been critical of Paxson in the past...mainly because of the Tyrus Thomas move...but its really a good track record. Here is KC Johnson's take on things...

Chicago Bulls: Chicago Bulls near top of the class in draft success - chicagotribune.com
 

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Pretty good read. I've loathed about the the Bulls apparent love for kids in high-quality-program schools (Duke, UConn, Memphis (when Cal was there, i.e. Rose), Kansas, USC, etc.) I think that when you draft players who play against the nations best in college, they're more likely to translate to the bigs. It seems to have been working.
 

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Pretty good read. I've loathed about the the Bulls apparent love for kids in high-quality-program schools (Duke, UConn, Memphis (when Cal was there, i.e. Rose), Kansas, USC, etc.) I think that when you draft players who play against the nations best in college, they're more likely to translate to the bigs. It seems to have been working.

I thought about this a while ago, and I came up with this.... If you're gonna draft a guy that is coming out of a high-quality-program school like the ones you listed, make sure he is no doubt the best player on his team.

Why?

Usually school with great history like Duke, UNC, UCLA, etc. recruit a lot of good players. That team usually goes on to do really well and go far in the tourney... then after they get eliminated, or win the tourny, 3-4 guys from that team enter the draft.

If all those 3-4 guys had an equal share of the teams success, then you're kinda stuck guessing which one of those guys is the real deal.

Like the UNC team that beat Illinois. Sean May, Raymond Felton, Marvin Williams, and Rashad McCants entered the draft and were all lottery picks. Which one of them has been a difference maker? None of them.

I just feel like if there's ONE guy that carries a team and wins a lot of games, and everyone knows that it's all him, then that player is going to be a good NBA player. A lot of examples of those kind of guys. Durant, Melo, Paul, Roy, Wade, Curry, etc.

Of course, some of those guys end of being busts, but I'd rather bet on one of those guys then a guy that has played on a college team where he could have relied on multiple players to help win games.
 

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I thought about this a while ago, and I came up with this.... If you're gonna draft a guy that is coming out of a high-quality-program school like the ones you listed, make sure he is no doubt the best player on his team.

Why?

Usually school with great history like Duke, UNC, UCLA, etc. recruit a lot of good players. That team usually goes on to do really well and go far in the tourney... then after they get eliminated, or win the tourny, 3-4 guys from that team enter the draft.

If all those 3-4 guys had an equal share of the teams success, then you're kinda stuck guessing which one of those guys is the real deal.

Like the UNC team that beat Illinois. Sean May, Raymond Felton, Marvin Williams, and Rashad McCants entered the draft and were all lottery picks. Which one of them has been a difference maker? None of them.

I just feel like if there's ONE guy that carries a team and wins a lot of games, and everyone knows that it's all him, then that player is going to be a good NBA player. A lot of examples of those kind of guys. Durant, Melo, Paul, Roy, Wade, Curry, etc.

Of course, some of those guys end of being busts, but I'd rather bet on one of those guys then a guy that has played on a college team where he could have relied on multiple players to help win games.

Every GM in every major sport with few exceptions uses that philosophy when it comes to drafting young players.
 

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Every GM in every major sport with few exceptions uses that philosophy when it comes to drafting young players.

yeah, I guess I made it seem like not many teams do that.

But there are teams/fans that would rather have a guy that was on a winning team from a good school even if he wasn't GREAT over a guy who carried a winning team [regular season wise] from an average school just because of the schools name... u know what I mean?
 

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yeah, I guess I made it seem like not many teams do that.

But there are teams/fans that would rather have a guy that was on a winning team from a good school even if he wasn't GREAT over a guy who carried a winning team [regular season wise] from an average school just because of the schools name... u know what I mean?

This was my thing about Dukies. Most of them that come out won't be anything more than role players or bench players. Once in awhile you might get someone good, but chances are you're getting a Mike Dunleavy or Tyler Hansbrough (yes I know he was UNC).
 

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