Draft Rater

This is some of Chad Ford's Insider article. It ranks players based on The Draft Rater, which produces a projection of a player's "peak" PER in Years 4-5, something that might not be apparent from looking at the rather underwhelming numbers next to each name. The Draft Rater has yet to miss a lottery pick who became an All-Star in its top 12 collegians list.

Chad Ford has been saying for a long time that the Grizzlies love Luke Babbitt. Babbitt's draft status has been rising as of late and The Draft Rater has him at #7. Below is the list of top Draft Rater players in the draft

Rank	Player	Team	Projected PER
1	DeMarcus Cousins	Kentucky	16.14
2.	Evan Turner	Ohio State	14.79
3.	John Wall	Kentucky	14.68
4.	Greg Monroe	Georgetown	14.39
5.	Derrick Favors	Georgia Tech	13.98
6.	Xavier Henry	Kansas	13.52
7.	Luke Babbitt	Nevada	13.35
8.	Al-Farouq Aminu	Wake Forest	13.30
9.	Wes Johnson	Syracuse	13.03
10.	Greivis Vasquez	Maryland	12.97
11.	Sylven Landesberg	Virginia	12.52
12.	Omar Samhan

Here's a highlight film from his college career

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0_PCqoB0aI

Let's just hope the Grizz don't draft a project or on position. Let's draft ability and see what happens.

Go Grizz!