Forget The Nba Playoffs... Let's Draft!

By Author: James Stewart
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While the top basketball teams in the NBA are fighting through the playoffs, those of us whose teams did not make the cut are just waiting for the Larry O'Brien Trophy to be passed to LeBron or Kobe, so that we can move on to what is REALLY important: The NBA draft.

Many top basketball fans like to add excitement to the process by going to sites like sports.legendz.com and laying down money on who they think the top basketball draft picks will be. In order make these predictions, you need to be familiar with not only the top basketball players in college, but also current trends in the NBA, the NBA draft and the needs of specific teams.

In the NBA, not only are the GMs making decisions on who to draft, but the top basketball coaches have a lot to say about who is chosen. They know who will fit with their style of play. For example, if you are trying to decide who a fast-break, running style team is going to draft, you might want to steer away from the 7'5, 350 pound player from Slovenia, even if your buddy from the sports bar insists he KNOWS this guy is going to be one of the top basketball recruits.

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... perennial top basketball schools, such as North Carolina, Duke and Connecticut will always have their fair share of top draft picks, teams seem to hold on to memories of the big games. Twenty-eight of the top 10 picks over the past ten years have been from teams who played in the Final Four.

While the current top basketball programs get a lot of love from the NBA scouts, do not sleep on the emerging international market. Since Yao Ming was drafted in 2002, twelve of the lottery picks have come from overseas.

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James Stewart writes reviews on various sports blogs In this piece of write up he highlights one of the upcoming sports betting blog named sprots.legendz.com that proves handy for guys who want information on top basketball.