Since I didn't completely crash and burn, I figured I'd give it another go for this year's prospective draft class, in accordance with my motto of "if at first you don't fail miserably, keep going until your luck runs out". My simplistic observations after the jump.
John Wall
Evan Turner
Derrick Favors
Favors reminds my of our very own Tyreke Evans. A lot of people were high on Evans as he was coming out of Memphis, but I didn't get it. I hadn't seen Evans play very much, and I just wasn't convinced. I feel the same way with Favors. A lot of folks are really high on Favors right now, but I didn't see a lot of him. It's seems like he's been good, but I can't tell you much about him.
DeMarcus Cousins
Everyone goes with Derrick Coleman because they play a similar game, but both have questions about work ethic. To me, Cousins is a dozen other players who came into the league with question marks. I have no idea if he'll be successful or not. Personally, I tend to be wary of players who have questionable work ethic before they become millionaires.
Wesley Johnson
Al-Farouq Aminu
Cole Aldrich
Greg Monroe
Here's what I said about Monroe last year:
My goodness, another year proving his skills, and yet the same criticisms remain. I still believe the Love comparisons. "Not big enough" seems to be getting replaced with "not athletic enough" or "not driven enough", but I think the comparison still works. Remember hearing about Love running like a duck? Hasn't stopped him from having a productive NBA career. I think Monroe will be a very solid, and possibly a very, very good NBA player.
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