There is a fair bit of commentary about Davis’ poor second season. So, how does Davis compare to the rest of the draft class and other two bigs we mentioned? His numbers stack up quite well against the two: Mr. Davis gets to the line more often, rebounds well and has the best block-to-PF ratio (1.54) of the three. We’ll take it.
Davis was easily the best player on the board and it would have been a huge mistake to have passed on him. If you follow the theory of drafting by tiers, Davis was in a different tier from everybody else available at 13.
The selection of Davis was an easy decision since it was almost remarkable that he was available this late. Why did his stock drop? Three reasons.
The TrueHoop Network is doing its annual Mock Draft, thought we’d share what’s going on so far.
I don’t know who the Raptors should draft, but I do know the two things the Raptors need to address via the draft.
Steve will be talking to projected lottery pick Ekpe Udoh this afternoon, he’ll be posting the interview in this week’s The Doctor Is In segment later today. Until then, RR’s draft guru has been busy compiling the new Big Board which sees a new entry in the form of Fresno St. forward, Paul George. There’s also the new Five Up, Five Down segment.
Assuming that the ping pong balls on Tuesday night keep everything the same, and that the Raptors pick at #13, look for the Raptors to draft 19 year old Avery Bradley, the 6’3″ Texas guard.
We’re talking draft and we bust out the internet’s first Toronto Raptors Draft Board.
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