2015 Caris Early Entry?

He made a pretty big jump from last year to this year. Another jump would take him to elite. He's also young for his class, which will help him on the draft boards. He's only like a month or so older than Julius Randle, and younger than a lot of the freshmen who went to prep school for a year.

Reminds me a ton of the Pacers Stephenson, for an NBA comp.

LOL I love when casual fans declare stuff like "him leaving would be unwise" or "he isn't ready."  Really good comedy. I see the Manny comparisons but LeVert is a little taller, a little longer, more efficient, a better perimeter shooter and learning to play the game the right way versus being forced to be the guy from day one and never learn to correct bad habits. 

FYI 

Caris has a 16 AST% and 12.9 TO% , Tim had a 13 AST % and 12.2 TO % IN HIS JR YEAR

1.6 A: T ratio, a ratio of 2 is good for PGs 

Has a ppr (pure point rating) of .38, which anything in the positive is great, and ranks higher than Walton, Ferrell, Marble, Harris, Mathieu 

So basically, the "Careless" LeVert thing is pure myth. He's a bit frenetic and he can definitely can get even better with his court vision, but that just speaks to his high ceiling as a playmaker.

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan/2014.html

hoop-math.com/Michigan2014.php

umhoops

Kenpom

http://www.draftexpress.com/stats.php?sort=&q=eff&league=NCAA&year=2013…

are all great. 

 

NBADraft.net is the Bleacher Report of the NBA Draft. Every year people keep linking their ridiculous website. Please stop. NBADraft.net is just some dude with a domain name looking for hits. The site is updated infrequently and the projections are wildly inaccurate.

If you want draft analysis and projections, go with the guys who at least have NBA front office and scout connections like DraftExpress, ESPN's Chad Ford and Jeff Goodman, or SI's Chris Mannix. And most of those guys don't even bother with 2015 projections. Why? Because it is completely useless at this point.

He draws a lot of attention when he drives.  Once he learns to hit the open man when the defense collapses on him, he will be even more dangerous especially on this team with our great outside shooters. As noted, he may not be as careless as he looks and he certainly can be exciting to watch.  No one else on the team has that crazy jump stop move. 

I'm content to have this conversation after we make our third final four in a row.

Several commentors have said the NBA drafts players based on their "potential" and that statement seems to be accepted without challenge.  How do we know it's correct?  If it is, how much time is acceptable for players to reach their "potential"?  How close do players have to be to their "potential" before being considered "draft ready"?  What metrics are used to predict a player's "potential"?  What metrics are used to determine a player's current level?  To me, grading a player seems to be pretty subjective and changeable (witness the players being discussed on this blog).  I would also think that it would be better for a player to develop to their "potential" in college rather than getting paid by a pro team to do so,

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That site is a total joke, man.

Caris is on DraftExpress' radar. Is that site a joke, too? LOL

 

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2015/