NBA Draft: Good Luck with those "Expert" Projections

Wouldn't you love to be inside a GM's head right now?  Notebooks filled with over a hundred collegiate athletes' height, weight, nickname, tire pressure, and favorite Dr. Seuss book.

VCR's on the verge of breaking due to all the film being inserted every hour. Millions of dollars just sitting in a checking account, ready to be given to some nineteen year old who hasn't proved anything yet.  No pressure, right?

I absolutely love all sports' drafts.

Whether it's NBA, NFL, or even MLB (although that takes a lot of love in order to sit through the entire event), I'll be watching.

But the one thing I just can't understand is how do these "experts" figure out their projections.

Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley ranked one and two by Chad Ford on ESPN.com is understandable. Drew Neitzel and Jamar Butler not even in the top 80?  Now you lost me.

How a Tom Izzo and Thad Matta prospect receive no attention around draft time beats me.  Two guys with a plethora of experience are not expected to be drafted.

Yet, Anthony Randolph of LSU and George Hill of Indianapolis have a shot?  Obviously someone failed to get Dick Vitale's input before posting these rankings.

Now I realize these guys get paid the big bucks to do this year round but I would love to see an excel spread sheet on their laptop.

I guess putting your credibility into a nineteen year-old seven footer is a big risk/big reward type deal. But for me, I'd take two guys who played four years at an elite institution any day.  But hey, that's just me.

And as far as Anthony Randolph's favorite Dr. Seuss book: I'd say Green Eggs and Ham or at least something with the word green in it, seeing as how that's what he'll be seeing a lot of after next Thursday night...according to the "experts" that is.