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Message: [QUOTE="joct, post: 1004520, member: 2001"] I think that like many others, JB is especially frustrated with the huge gap between being drafted in the first round, and being ready to play in the NBA. Outside of a few cases, there is almost no correlation between the two any more. So he hears "this guy should go in the top x...", as a coach he is thinking about how ready they are, where the analysts are focusing on the draft selection. I think that is what leads him to statements like that. He knows guys aren't ready to play will be drafted anyway. I also think that after working with the Olympic team, he sees first hand how big the gap really is. You combine that with the unpredictability of the draft, and guys getting in players ears telling how good they are and where they'll be drafted when they really don't know, the whole thing just frustrates him to no end. Just my opinion. [/QUOTE]