Over the past few years, I have devoted increasing amounts of time to the NBA draft. Several years ago, I looked at stats, watched highlight videos, and took VJL’s numbers for my own opinions. Last year, I made a concerted effort to watch more college games and take scouting notes, to better understand these prospects before evaluating them. No matter which tack I took, the reality of writing about the draft is that many of these rapidly formed and strongly held opinions have turned out to be laughably wrong. Coming into this draft season, I re-evaluated my approach, and the end result is SMILODON, or, in non-acronymized form, Skills Model In Lieu Of Dexterity Operating Numbers.
Introducing SMILODON - A New Way To Look At Prospects
