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Draft grades: evaluating every team, from A+ to D+

By Chad Ford
ESPN Insider

Thursday, June 28, 2007

When I'm not covering the draft for ESPN, I grade students for a living as a university professor. So I know that grades can be arbitrary, and in the case of instant draft grades, they are based on incomplete information. But they are also a necessary tool for evaluation. So how did the 30 NBA teams do in Thursday night's draft? Before Thursday, we billed it as the deepest draft in years -- and this year's grades reflect the quality of players available, thanks to Greg Oden, Kevin Durant and ...

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