Nba Draft Selection Research Paper

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In the NBA has had many surprise that no one expected to happen. In particular Knicks fans have something to look forward. On the other hand, across town the Nets probably won't get any better for the next few years. The Nets are currently 0-7 this season with losses to the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Nets are also the NBA's lowest scoring offense. ESPN insider members state that the Nets future is strongly affected by their lack of draft picks.

One way the Nets can have a successful team is to get a young team in the draft. Tom Penn, former assistant GM of the Portland TrailBlazers thinks the ‘'the Nets simply can't tank for the draft'', meaning they can't purposefully loose to get a better draft pick because they traded away all their draft picks.People might say that
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So if they were to sign a free agent it wouldn't be any elite player. The Nets also can not clear up cap space since no one wants someone like Joe Johnson who is 34 years old and is the 2nd t most paid player(he is considered the most highly paid player in the NBA). George Karl the former coach of the Denver Nuggets thinks that you need to start by finding undervalued pieces in undervalued places."I think in a lot of ways this forces us to be more strategic and, like Coach Karl said, forces the scouting staff to have to go find those guys in Europe or in the D-League. Find the next Hassan Whiteside, and start to be very strategic in how we build this team."The Nets are currently 29th on sports illustrated power rankings. On the other hand Knicks fans have something to look forward to the first time in many years. The Knicks currently have a solid 3-4 record including wins over the Bucks,Lakers and Wizards. They put up good efforts to the Spur, Hawks and Cavaliers but they lost these games. First, Knicks first round draft pick rookie Kristaps Porzingis is having a phenomenal year. 7-foot-3 power forward from