Upside! It's what everyone, including John Hammond, is looking for in the NBA Draft. Does Rashad Vaughn have any?
Upside is a funny thing. It seems like something any prospect could possess, but as we talk about it in the NBA draft, there seems to be a very particular set of criteria that a prospect must fulfill before being endowed as a high upside prospect. With very minimal thinking, you can probably think of some of the words used to describe such a prospect. Below you will find, "The Eric Nehm Guide to Upside".
/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3834414/Upside_Border__1_.0.jpg)
While the above graph may seem to oversimplify what upside might look like, it seems to present a relatively accurate picture of how upside is perceived.