Pacers Digest

My top 50 players available on draft night, not necessarily in the order they will be selected, but the order in which I have them on my personal draft board:

1. John Wall  2. Evan Turner 3. Greg Monroe 4. Derrick Favors 5. Wesley Johnson 6. Paul George 7. Al Farouq Aminu 8. Xavier Henry 9. DeMarcus . . . → Read More: Tbird 2010 Draft Big Board, Mock Draft, and calling my shot on who we will/should select, plus other draft night predictions

With just one day left before the NBA draft,  I wanted to try and look at some of our Pacers possibilities for #10 in a little bit different way.

As all of you know, in all of my draft analysis features I compared the player I was profiling to a modern day player, and to one from . . . → Read More: Comparing the Comparables for the 2010 NBA Draft

With just 2 days before the beginning of the 2010, I wanted to compile some short thoughts on players that I watched just a small amount of tape on, and/or have run out of time to do a complete study of them in time to post prior to the draft. Most of these players have made . . . → Read More: Best of the rest: Cleaning up the 2010 prospect notes

The 11th draft profile of 2010 is for local hoops hero Gordon Hayward, the Hoosier state legend who came within one bank shot miss of becoming a real life Jimmy Chitwood for the Butler Bulldogs. The 10 previous profiles are all available for reading and sharing your opinions elsewhere on this site.

Hayward came from far off . . . → Read More: Tbird 2010 draft analysis #11: Gordon Hayward

Today we once again head back to the bluegrass state to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the PG prospect Eric Bledsoe. This is the 10th draft profile of the 2010 draft analysis series, you can see all of the rest of the previous profiles elsewhere on this site.

Born Oct 23, 1990, Bledsoe won’t turn 20 . . . → Read More: Tbird draft analysis #10: Eric Bledsoe

Moving quickly now thru the profiles, as the 2010 draft is less than 2 weeks away. Tonight we head down to tobacco road, to check out Wake Forest forward Al-Farouq Aminu. The in-depth studies of Greg Monroe, Patrick Patterson, Avery Bradley, Ed Davis, Hassan Whiteside, Ekpe Udoh, Paul George, and Xavier Henry are completed and posted . . . → Read More: Tbird 2010 draft analysis #9: Al-Farouq Aminu

Today as draft night continues to get closer, we break down another of a pretty strong class of wings, Xavier Henry of Kansas. Henry is the 8th breakdown of this series, others profiled so far have been Greg Monroe, Patrick Patterson, Avery Bradley, Ed Davis, Hassan Whiteside, Ekpe Udoh, and Paul George. You can find those . . . → Read More: Tbird 2010 draft analysis #8: Xavier Henry

Tonight we continue our study of potential 2010 draftees, focusing now on the sharp shooting forward from Fresno State, Paul George. In previous editions in this year’s series we’ve looked at Greg Monroe, Patrick Patterson, Avery Bradley, Ed Davis, Hassan Whiteside, and Ekpe Udoh….you can find those profiles elsewhere on Pacers digest.

A big thank you to . . . → Read More: Tbird 2010 draft analysis #7: Paul George

With about 2 1/2 weeks to go before the 2010 draft night, tonight we take a long hard look at the intriguing forward from Baylor, Ekpe Udoh. Elsewhere on PD you can find the first 5 parts of this years series, which were profiles of Greg Monroe, Patrick Patterson, Avery Bradley, Ed Davis, and Hassan Whiteside.

Udoh . . . → Read More: Tbird 2010 draft analysis #6: Ekpe Udoh

As the holiday weekend nears a conclusion, tonight we examine the pros and cons of the small school big man Hassan Whiteside. In previous editions of this series for 2010, we’ve examined Greg Monroe, Patrick Patterson, Avery Bradley, and Ed Davis….you can find those profiles on other pages on this site.

Whiteside comes from Marshall University, school . . . → Read More: Tbird 2010 draft analysis #5: Hassan Whiteside