SMILODON 2.0: The Top Ten

The 2018 NBA draft is almost upon us. For the first time in many years, the Wolves don’t have a lottery pick, but as the players taken in the top ten are often the ones who change the course of the league, I thought it would be interesting to discuss my top ten through the prism of SMILODON, my simple - yet powerful - draft system, the details of which can be found here and here.

2018 Top TenThe first thing that stands out from this list is the quantity of blue and green boxes following the name Luka Doncic, who has the best SMILODON projection of anyone in the last seven drafts. This is despite playing over 70 games since August against the best competition in Europe. Doncic is a big wing…