The pre-Draft work in my stat-based prospect evaluator tool — Ye Olde Draft Analyzer (YODA for short) is nearly complete. I’m awaiting information from the combine-like event the NBA is hosting in Treviso, Italy this week, and then I might do some additional internet sleuthing and calling of contacts on prospects where I have questions.
I say “might” because my questions typically arise from mismatches between YODA results and consensus draft boards. This year is an exceptional draft for a lot of reasons, including a relatively high number of YODA/consensus mismatches.
The other big reason this is an “exceptional” draft is the dearth of NBA-quality prospects, at least according to my statistical model.