Post by leflop on Oct 20, 2024 1:29:58 GMT
My tiers are based off of some bullshit math formula that I input and then generated the following tiers as a result. My formula does not account for team need or positional value, but rather evaluates the prospect on age (younger is better) and raw statistical values through some arbitrary leflop numbers that I assigned to this class. The stars next to my letter tier indicate that they have a draft note that could potentially ad more value to the player. Realistically, I could have made the B’s into A- prospects, but the more I looked at the B tier the less I liked the names than the A tier, so I think there is a sizeable jump between A and B. The tiers are in no particular order.
My bad math valued Rasheed and Penny as heads up the best value prospects in relation to stats and age. Both of them stood out for their youth, ranking in terms of scouted potential, and well balanced nature. I think of them as probably hands down the two best players to pick for this draft, even if I personally would not take them based off of what I’m hoping for my team due to age. A braver GM than I would have scooped up Rasheed and I think that he has a solid chance to actually be the best player in this class.
The A+ tier contains Gathers, who has the same youth as the two above, but rated a bit lower on overall statistical product, with that said, if you value the B/B defense/reb, I think he would also deserve to be an S tier player. Bowie and Meneghin** also rank decently well in this metric, taking into account age and scouted potential rating. I went with Meneghin for team fit purposes, as his skillset looks to better translate to the type of team I’m envisioning to build moving forward.
The A tier has in my opinion my favorite prospect that I would have taken if I dropped at 4 with Nikos Galis**, but I felt that ultimately I could not take a risk on any teen prospect going into this draft unless Sheed, Meneghin, and Hardaway were all gone by pick 4 and I valued him over the remaining A+ prospects, even Gathers. 19 year olds are a great risk with tremendous reward, but I’m risk adverse given my vision for my team. Likewise, a team flush with cash would probably value Rodman a bit more given his draft note and ability to really build a solid defensive team and add value, especially if you are drafting defensive specialists late in the first or early in the second. Gugliotta can also pose to be a huge boon to those who love rebounding, as his ability to potentially provide big man rebounding at the wing and guard could lead to a great competitive advantage over others. Given the scouted potential of Kukoc and Sampson, there could be a strong argument to put them into the A+ tier or to knock Bowie down to A. World B. Free probably gets hurt the most here due to his D+ rebounding, but if that is not a worry for a guard he probably could have been an A+ candidate.
Boozer was probably the one that I had the most struggle and would be a worthy A- tier if it did exist. The note can be valuable, especially to a tanking team, although there would need to be some interesting team compositions I think to actually get him some valuable players of the game. Lewis rounds out the group of 19 year olds that are boom or bust players, and could be a worthy gamble. If the B+ handles is actually a high rating for handles over passing, I could see him being an extremely valuable player by strictly not turning the ball over as much compared to his peers. Cosby and Gminiski are some of the surprising choices here, as I figured high bot candidates like Zorkic**, Espil*, Howell., Mashburn, and Sigala would rank in voer them, but my model really liked their better stat product.
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