NBA Draft 2012

  1. Rewriting Top NBA Rookie Scouting Reports Three-Quarters Through Regular Season

    Leading up to the 2012 NBA draft, scouts and analysts attempted to dissect every college player with NBA potential...

    Maxwell Ogden Written by Maxwell Ogden about 3 months ago 19,804 reads 74 comments

  2. NBA Rookies Blowing Away Expectations

    As we enter the final stretch of the 2012-13 NBA regular season, the time for annual evaluations has begun. While leniency was granted to young players early, the rookies are now being held to the same standards as veterans...

    Maxwell Ogden Written by Maxwell Ogden about 4 months ago 52,833 reads 321 comments

  3. NBA Rising Stars 2013: Predicting Future All-Stars from the Fresh Crop

    The player pool for the 2013 NBA Rising Stars Challenge has been released via NBA.com . From established stars such as Kyrie Irving to future leaders such as Anthony Davis, this is going to be a memorable one...

    Maxwell Ogden Written by Maxwell Ogden about 5 months ago 6,884 reads 39 comments

  4. Re-Drafting the 2012 NBA Draft, Midseason Edition

    The midway point of the NBA season provides us with a good place to pause and evaluate the progress of the league's newest rookie class, one comprised of rising stars like Anthony Davis and Damian Lillard...

    Alec Nathan Written by Alec Nathan about 5 months ago 100,408 reads 254 comments

  5. 10 Most Disappointing NBA Rookies This Season

    One of the hardest parts of an NBA general manager's job is trying to predict which incoming rookies will end up being stars and which will be major busts. The 2012-13 NBA season has its fair share of young rookies who look like busts so far...

    Bradlee Ross Written by Bradlee Ross about 5 months ago 4,259 reads 34 comments

  6. Updated Grades for Every Impact NBA Rookie at Midseason Point

    It's the midway point of the season and time to dish out grades for NBA rookies. We decided to grade the impact rookies—those who actually play a role for their respective NBA teams...

    Jonathan Wasserman Written by Jonathan Wasserman about 5 months ago 31,984 reads 56 comments

  7. Re-Drafting the 1st Round of the 2012 NBA Draft

    At this point in the 2012-13 NBA season, it's safe to say that many teams would like a redo on their 2012 draft selections. Unfortunately, the amnesty clause in the league's latest collective bargaining agreement doesn't quite work that way...

    Bryan Toporek Written by Bryan Toporek about 5 months ago 243 reads 119 comments

  8. NBA Rookies Radically Redfining Our Expectations

    When a rookie is selected during the NBA draft, fans and analysts instantly create expectations for their career and first year in the league, respectively...

    Maxwell Ogden Written by Maxwell Ogden about 6 months ago 1,580 reads 7 comments

  9. 5 NBA Rookies Who Are Proving Draft Experts Wrong

    People are always ready to label draft prospects as "sleepers" or "busts" before they even set foot on the court...

    Marques Eversoll Written by Marques Eversoll about 6 months ago 10,886 reads 29 comments

  10. Regrading the Top 10 Picks from the 2012 NBA Draft

    It's been a few months since the 2012 NBA draft, and we've finally gotten a chance to see the new rookies in action. I'll be handing out grades for each pick in the top 10...

    Max Minsker Written by Max Minsker about 7 months ago 23,638 reads 62 comments

  11. 2012 Rookie-Hype Team: 5 NBA Rookies Who Aren't Living Up to the Hype

    There are busts in every professional sport. It's just the nature of hype and it's subsequent impact on professional sports...

    Peter Emerick Written by Peter Emerick about 7 months ago 3,362 reads 12 comments

  12. Which NBA Rookies Have the Biggest Warning Signs Already?

    NBA rookies can often provide a new hope for a maligned fan base or organization. LeBron James changed the fortunes of the Cleveland Cavaliers when the team selected him No...

    Oren Friedman Written by Oren Friedman about 7 months ago 1,246 reads 5 comments

  13. 6 NBA Teams Who Will Wish They Had Been Drafting from 2013's Class Instead

    Some teams were just put in tough spots during the 2012 NBA draft. Some just made bad choices. The 2013 draft class should be a top-heavy group...

    Jonathan Wasserman Written by Jonathan Wasserman about 7 months ago 7,428 reads 10 comments

  14. Why Andre Drummond Is the Most Fascinating Rookie in the NBA

    Going into the 2012 NBA Draft , there was considerable uncertainty as to whether there were any potential superstars available besides consensus #1 pick Anthony Davis. A few weeks into the young season, there is far less doubt...

    Tim Grimes Written by Tim Grimes about 7 months ago 4,607 reads 14 comments

  15. Toronto Raptors: Bryan Colangelo Should Have Traded Up for Damian Lillard

    Since the departure of Chris Bosh , the Toronto Raptors have been forced once again into rebuild mode...

    Carlan Gay Written by Carlan Gay about 7 months ago 2,470 reads 62 comments

  16. Month-by-Month Predictions for Anthony Davis' Rookie Season

    The 2012 NBA draft was one that will long be remembered. Although one could argue that the batch of stars was thin, the depth of the class was unlike anything in recent memory...

    Maxwell Ogden Written by Maxwell Ogden about 8 months ago 4,277 reads 6 comments

  17. NBA Rankings: Preseason Rookie Top 25

    The NBA preseason has come to a close and our newly-born stars have begun to settle into their lives as professional basketball players. We've got some athletes with plummeting stocks and others who are quickly rising among the ranks...

    Kristian Winfield Written by Kristian Winfield about 8 months ago 2,375 reads 0 comments

  18. Re-Drafting the 2012 NBA Rookie Class, Regular-Season Edition

    Now that the preseason is over, we're starting to get an idea of how the rookies taken in this year's draft will play out. Sure enough, No. 1 pick Anthony Davis is living up to the hype as a superstar in the making...

    Josh Benjamin Written by Josh Benjamin about 8 months ago 5,436 reads 27 comments

  19. 10 NBA Rookies Being Set Up to Fail in 2012-13

    Being an NBA rookie could never been easy, but for some of the 2012 draft class it's going to be an especially hard first season...

    Bryant West Written by Bryant West about 8 months ago 1,083 reads 1 comments

  20. 5 NBA Rookies Guaranteed to Prove Experts Wrong in 2012-13

    From the No. 1 pick of the 2012 NBA Draft, Anthony Davis, to the No. 60 pick, Robert Sacre, there are rookies across the league who will be trying to prove their worth this season...

    Peter Emerick Written by Peter Emerick about 8 months ago 7,337 reads 25 comments

  21. Can Struggling Dion Waiters Create Dynamic Duo with Kyrie Irving?

    Over the past two seasons, the Cleveland Cavaliers have redefined the phrase "success in the NBA Draft...

    Maxwell Ogden Written by Maxwell Ogden about 8 months ago 6,310 reads 40 comments

  22. 5 2012-13 NBA Rookies Who Are Already Looking Overmatched

    The 2012 NBA Draft was one of memorable proportions. Some of the brightest future stars in recent memory have emerged from this class of prospects, thus garnering the extraordinary expectations of immediate success...

    Maxwell Ogden Written by Maxwell Ogden about 8 months ago 12,710 reads 20 comments

  23. Updated Odds for 2012-13 NBA Rookie of the Year

    The 2012 NBA draft was one of legendary proportions. Two players from the same school were selected with the top two picks, one rookie was selected to Team USA and the national champion Kentucky Wildcats had six players drafted...

    Maxwell Ogden Written by Maxwell Ogden about 8 months ago 7,155 reads 32 comments

  24. Rookie Watch: How to Tell If a Rookie Can Turn into a Major Star?

    NBA rookies are supposed to struggle their first year in the league. The learning curve is steep, and new players are often overwhelmed with both the physical and mental hurdles of an 82-game regular season...

    Tim Grimes Written by Tim Grimes about 8 months ago 786 reads 3 comments

  25. Re-Drafting the First Round of the 2012 NBA Draft, Training Camp Edition

    Leading up to the NBA Draft in June, it seems like there are thousands upon thousands of mock drafts that get a look at every angle possible for each team's pick...

    Jesse Dorsey Written by Jesse Dorsey about 8 months ago 1 reads 63 comments