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Plenty of reasons to like this draft class

By Jay Bilas

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The conventional wisdom has been that this is a weak NBA draft, and I do not necessarily disagree with that line of thinking. This draft does not have the sex appeal or star power at the top as 2003 (LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Kirk Hinrich) or 2005 (Deron Williams, Chris Paul), but there are some very good players available and some really good value throughout this draft. You just have to be able to find it and believe in it. And in some cases, you have to be ab ...

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