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D.R.A.F.T. Initiative: Ranking the drafts

By Eric Neel
ESPN.com

Monday, June 22, 2009

Don't be fooled by the somewhat nerdy attention we here at Insider devote to the NBA draft: It is not an exact science. It's an annual exercise in supposition, conjecture and hope, a high-stakes top-10 (okay, top-60) list arrived at by way of equal measures wisdom and whim. Now, a look at how the past 20 NBA drafts have panned out, based on John Hollinger's estimated wins added (EWA) ratings? That's a little more scientific, as is the D.R.A.F.T. Initiative's pick-based analysis. But we're not g ...

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