Tanking In The NBA

The article is about Devlin Perez signing with the St. Louis Cardinals in July. There were not many similarities between Chip Scanlan’s article and mine. Scanlan’s article is strictly about an obituary because he states that you need to have the name of the deceased, and survivors. Obviously a baseball draft is not going to have a name of a deceased person or any survivors but there are some similarities. Some of the similarities are the names. Even though, the obituary wants a name of the deceased it is still a name and the draft article has the name of the team and of the athlete being drafted. Another similarity is the address; the draft article doesn’t say his address but they do say what country he is from. The background of the team is

Fox and Pace have suffered a 9-23 record since arriving in Chicago, and the need to win is immediate. The urgency seemed ignored in the draft, as it appears they went with a longer-term approach. Not only will Trubisky need time to develop (started only 13 games in his college career), but most of the players the Bears drafted hail from Division II schools and may also need considerable development. No doubt pro players Malcom Butler, Janoris Jenkins and the Bears’ own Zach Miller would have a little something to say about the Division II stigma.

It does not come as a surprise to see the Sixers pick up both players’ fourth-year options. They both played an integral role in helping the team win basketball games over the years and ultimately making the NBA playoffs this season.

The core purpose of the NFL Draft is to hold a business meeting between the partners, which are the league owners. The NFL draft has

A mock draft is an approximation of what players will go where before the draft

The NBA is where the greatest basketball players play and adding young talented players who have really good potential can be both beneficial to the NBA and the players. This would help the NBA as one of their teams would be getting a good player which would increase their winning percentage. This would also be beneficial to the player because his potential would not be going to waste. Being in the NBA at an earlier age would help the player get used to the league which would help the player improve in

In the summer of 2006, the NBA instituted the “one-and-done” rule prohibiting high school graduated from bypassing the collegiate level and entering the NBA Draft. To be more specific, this rule states that high school graduates will gain eligibility for the draft, one year after their high school graduation as long as they turn 19 years old by the end of the calendar year. This means players are not constricted to going to the collegiate level, but may choose to player overseas for a year while they wait for their NBA draft eligibility. The NBA claims this rule helps athletes gain maturity, further their education, while rather this rule was put into place as a way to help the NCAA increase profit and competition.

         Already this year, many college basketball players are entering the draft early. Earlier this year, Maurice Taylor from Michigan, has

Like most expansion teams, the Raptors struggled in their early years, but after the acquisition of Vince Carter through a draft day trade in 1998, the team set league-attendance records and made the NBA playoffs in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Carter was instrumental in leading the team to a then-franchise high 47 wins and their first playoff series win in 2001, where they advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. During the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons, they failed to make significant progress and he was traded in 2004 to the New Jersey Nets.

There are 73,660 football players, and there are only 16,369 who are draft eligible. This slims the number of players, but in the draft, there are only 256 picks, which means 1.5 percent only go professional. Then, if some players go to other organizations, the percentage only moves up to 1.9 percent (“Estimated Probability”). Therefore, all college athletes should be

With the many issues surfacing the league, Silver tried to tackle one thing. With the current draft lottery process, the team with the lowest standing has a 25% chance to land the number one pick while getting a sure shot at the lowest, the number five pick. With this,

It's Draft Night. A night where franchises that have struggled during the regular season can attempt to turn their fortunes around, a night where fans can enjoy a rare moment of hope for the future (looking at you Knicks fans), and a night that provides even more excitement to an off-season that has been full of it. For a Denver Nuggets franchise that barely missed the playoffs this past regular season, this year's draft provides an opportunity to add another young piece to an already crowded young core. Let's look at the prospects the Nuggets should definitely target tonight with the 13th pick.

However, many NBA teams have been criticized to not be able to identify the valuable players in the draft. For instance, the Cleveland Cavaliers (CLE) selected Anthony Bennett with its No.1 pick in the 2013 NBA draft. Only after 1-year stay with CLE, he was traded to Minnesota Timberwolves (MIN) and then waived by MIN. Consider the fact that the draft picks become increasingly valuable, a NBA franchise has to come up with a better draft

One question that many people ask is, should pros be allowed to draft players before they graduate, most people don’t agree with this. Although many sports team draft players before they graduate would it affect the player’s future. There are a lot of things that the player should think about, if they are going to have a good rookie season, should he leave earlier so he doesn't get a career ending injury, and if their ready for the challenge .

This shows these athletes would do better off with the professional help of the NBA. A major part of my action plan is to provide these athletes with the option to either attend a college or university for one year and then enter into the NBA draft or become drafted straight out of high school with the understanding that they will have to play for that specific teams developmental league for one year before joining the actually team itself. Ultimately, this plan would allow athletes to receive the financial benefits needed in the short term while still developing and preparing themselves for years in the NBA.