Everyone says next year's draft is loaded...

[jdubs30]

https://twitter.com/chadfordinsider/status/324185257337290752

Only 2 of Chad Ford's top 30 draft prospects are returning to school. Everyone wants to get in now.

 

[SUintheVille]

Which means no one will be left to go next year except UK's team, so the draft won't be very good.

 

[edowd26]

I'm really not even so certain. I know Wiggins is projected number 1... but even he hasn't blown me away. Not sold that next year will be world beaters.

 

[Roll Cuse]

The talk of next years draft has to do with the incoming freshman class. Has nothng to do with all the guys declaring now. If you could go straight out of HS the top 5 picks this year would be HS Kids.

 

[CusefanATL]

well, i would assume 4 now.

 

[Captnhowdy]

The talk of next years draft has to do with the incoming freshman class. Has nothng to do with all the guys declaring now. If you could go straight out of HS the top 5 picks this year would be HS Kids.

No way. Nerlens goes in top 3 easily.

Anyways, the only reason 4 HS players would go in top 5 is because they haven't had to play college ball against college level players.

It's been said for the past 3 years now that the incoming HS class was loaded. And by the time half of the season was over, more then half of those kids weren't lottery picks anymore.

 

[anomander]

No way. Nerlens goes in top 3 easily.

Anyways, the only reason 4 HS players would go in top 5 is because they haven't had to play college ball against college level players.

It's been said for the past 3 years now that the incoming HS class was loaded. And by the time half of the season was over, more then half of those kids weren't lottery picks anymore.

that's not true. When Wiggins, Vonleh, and Dakari re-classified to 2013 next years draft quickly became one of the better drafts in a while. It's doesn't matter what some of these high school guys do this year a handful of them are locks for the lottery. I

 

[Roll Cuse]

No way. Nerlens goes in top 3 easily.

Anyways, the only reason 4 HS players would go in top 5 is because they haven't had to play college ball against college level players.

It's been said for the past 3 years now that the incoming HS class was loaded. And by the time half of the season was over, more then half of those kids weren't lottery picks anymore.

ok fair enough altho with the knee injury it might be debatable. it certainly would not be "easy" because wiggins and parker would go ahead of him for sure and there would certainly be some debate at 3 with noel comming off an acl, and who knows maybe someone needs a guard and goes with harrison. but either way my point is valid the sky high potential of next years class is not being affected by all the early entries this season, because its based on wiggins, parker, randle, andrew harrison, and aaron gordon amongst others. its not like people were saying next years draft will be loaded because guys like burke mcw and oladipo would be in it. other upper classmen will emerge and combine with these super frosh to make one great class. especially now that marcus smart is comming back.