Drafttek NBA
New for 2009 - NBA Mock Drafts
Isn't Drafttek strictly football?? Well, in the past year we made some efforts to distance ourselves from a strictly football-based website. Our formal name - Drafttek Sport Information doesn't specify any particular sport. Our logo is equally inert - featuring an outdoor sports stadium. So the answer is "No".
Will Drafttek do a computer based mock draft? Or expert based? As of early May, we're still in the process of retooling our football draft program to fit the hardcourt (edit 5/15: done!). The plan is to put out a computer generated Consensus Mock Draft by May 15th (edit 5/15: also done). However we've got quite a few hardcore sports fans on the staff, several have offered to do "classic" human generated NBA mocks. First off the bat is Mike Schottey.
Isn't Drafttek strictly football?? Well, in the past year we made some efforts to distance ourselves from a strictly football-based website. Our formal name - Drafttek Sport Information doesn't specify any particular sport. Our logo is equally inert - featuring an outdoor sports stadium. So the answer is "No".
Will Drafttek do a computer based mock draft? Or expert based? As of early May, we're still in the process of retooling our football draft program to fit the hardcourt (edit 5/15: done!). The plan is to put out a computer generated Consensus Mock Draft by May 15th (edit 5/15: also done). However we've got quite a few hardcore sports fans on the staff, several have offered to do "classic" human generated NBA mocks. First off the bat is Mike Schottey.
Michael Schottey
Revision #2: June 18, 2009
About Mike's Mock
Michael Schottey is an analyst and writer for Draft Tek. He is responsible for setting team needs for the Lions, Packers and Chargers during the NFL draft "season". As a sportswriter and sports talkradio host, Mike draws on extensive expertise to prepare his unique view on how the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft will play out.
1) Los Angeles Clippers - Blake Griffin (PF Oklahoma)
We all know this pick is penned in. Or, if you prefer, chiseled in stone. Griffin is the top player in the draft and a great prospect to build a franchise around. Griffin will score in bunches for the Clippers, letting whoever is at center (preferably Camby with a Kaman trade) play the boards. Baron Davis might be a little toxic for this situation but that is a problem for another day.
Go to Mike Round 1 Selections 1-15
Revision #2: June 18, 2009
About Mike's Mock
Michael Schottey is an analyst and writer for Draft Tek. He is responsible for setting team needs for the Lions, Packers and Chargers during the NFL draft "season". As a sportswriter and sports talkradio host, Mike draws on extensive expertise to prepare his unique view on how the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft will play out.
1) Los Angeles Clippers - Blake Griffin (PF Oklahoma)
We all know this pick is penned in. Or, if you prefer, chiseled in stone. Griffin is the top player in the draft and a great prospect to build a franchise around. Griffin will score in bunches for the Clippers, letting whoever is at center (preferably Camby with a Kaman trade) play the boards. Baron Davis might be a little toxic for this situation but that is a problem for another day.
Go to Mike Round 1 Selections 1-15
Drafttek Consensus Mock Draft
Revision #5: June 15, 2009
About Drafttek's Consensus Mock Draft
Drafttek uses two sets of inputs to feed a computer program in order to generate a simulation of the 2-round NBA draft. The first is a grid of team needs by position. For each position and for each team, our staff of NBA team correspondents assigns a code which represent the level of need for each team toward each position. The second primary input mechanism is a Big Board of Ranked players available for the draft.
For each selection, the program employs a logic sequence to assign players of need to the selecting team. Sometimes there is no player available at the position of highest. In these cases the model needs to decide to either reach for the major position of need, or settle for a player who is lesser need, but presents greater value.
CMD #5 has SG James Harden moving into the top 3, to Oklahoma City. The Thunder are well situated at PG with Russell Westbrook, and would prefer Harden over (arguably) the BPA Ricky Rubio.
Go to Drafttek NBA Consensus Mock Draft #5
Revision #5: June 15, 2009
About Drafttek's Consensus Mock Draft
Drafttek uses two sets of inputs to feed a computer program in order to generate a simulation of the 2-round NBA draft. The first is a grid of team needs by position. For each position and for each team, our staff of NBA team correspondents assigns a code which represent the level of need for each team toward each position. The second primary input mechanism is a Big Board of Ranked players available for the draft.
For each selection, the program employs a logic sequence to assign players of need to the selecting team. Sometimes there is no player available at the position of highest. In these cases the model needs to decide to either reach for the major position of need, or settle for a player who is lesser need, but presents greater value.
CMD #5 has SG James Harden moving into the top 3, to Oklahoma City. The Thunder are well situated at PG with Russell Westbrook, and would prefer Harden over (arguably) the BPA Ricky Rubio.
Go to Drafttek NBA Consensus Mock Draft #5
