If You Thought We Couldn't Draft for S**t...

[spectre]

NBA Draft Analysis: Best/Worst Drafting Teams - 82Games

There's actually 6 teams that have drafted worse than us! Granted we've only been in the league for 6 years and this analyzed 20...but hey, I felt sure we'd be in the bottom 2-3 regardless!

Stars and Busts: Best/Worst Value Picks - 82Games

The only player on that list who's even sported a Bobcats' uni is Stephen Jackson...and of course we took him on at retail vs. on the rookie scale.

On the bottom are the worst value picks, or "busts". Of note to us are:

Tyrus Thomas
Adam Morrison
DeSagana Diop

Now 13 of the worst 50 values were drafted in 2006 or later so have a chance for redemption, and Oden, Bargnani, Tyrus Thomas, and Julian Wright all look likely to get off this list in the coming years.

[Ampsportsduo]

Not sure why he only has Cats with 10 picks. Something's off about the ratings too. The two "stars" have to be EO and Raymond, but I don't count anyone in the "solid" category (he shows 2). Based on my understanding of his ratings, this is what I deduced:

Star
Emeka
Raymond

Solid
None

Role Player
DJ
Dudley
Sean May
Ammo

Deep Bench
Brandan Wright
Kyle Weaver
UPS
Bernard Robinson

Complete Bust
Gerald Henderson
Ajinca
Hollins

DNP
Robert Vaden

EDIT: "one additional point to mention is in the event of draft day trades, the team winding up with a player after the trade is counted as 'drafting' the player. So for example Dallas gets credit for Nowitzki even though the Bucks actually drafted him (but then moved him on the the Mavericks). It may be I missed some of these transitions as well if they were sometime after the draft, in which case I'll post a corrected version later on."

[Plowright]

Not sure why he only has Cats with 10 picks. Something's off about the ratings too. The two "stars" have to be EO and Raymond, but I don't count anyone in the "solid" category (he shows 2). Based on my understanding of his ratings, this is what I deduced:

Star
Emeka
Raymond

Solid
None

Role Player
DJ
Dudley
Sean May
Ammo

Deep Bench
Brandan Wright
Kyle Weaver
UPS
Bernard Robinson

Complete Bust
Gerald Henderson
Ajinca
Hollins

DNP
Robert Vaden

EDIT: "one additional point to mention is in the event of draft day trades, the team winding up with a player after the trade is counted as 'drafting' the player. So for example Dallas gets credit for Nowitzki even though the Bucks actually drafted him (but then moved him on the the Mavericks). It may be I missed some of these transitions as well if they were sometime after the draft, in which case I'll post a corrected version later on."

LOL Emeka and Ray a star you kidding me!!!

they are solid

GH and hollins a bust just no...

[Katmandu]

Way too early to call Henderson a bust. LB is famous for not playing rookies, not even good ones. Everybody including LB knew that Henderson had to work on his jumper. Let's see what he does this year before we make that judgment.
Also, I don't think Raymond was a star. He's a class act but star would have commanded a longer contract at a higher salary than Raymond got. Management thinks and I believe that most would agree that the knicks overpaid for him. He'd got heart and guts and he's a great team guy but he's a second tier NBA point guard at best. JMHO

[ND22]

Emeka and Ray are not stars, never have been, never will. They're good starter quality players, but neither of them will make an all-star team. Way too early to call Henderson a bust as well.

[Ampsportsduo]

The terms are based on the ratings in his post, not an actual evaluation of each player.

[spectre]

The terms are based on the ratings in his post, not an actual evaluation of each player.

Just wanted to say thanks for your work in this thread. All I did was find something that had a few Bobcats in it, posted and then went on my merry way.

Quality stuff Amp.

[bobcatniners09]

Raymond a star? Henderson a bust?

Sounds like a tarheel homer.