Trail Daddy: A Trail Blazers Podcast Hosted by Dave Deckard

How Do You Evaluate Players Heading into the NBA Draft?

May 28, 2018

On this week's episode of the Blazer's Edge podcast, Tara Bowen-Biggs and Danny Marang are joined by Blazer's Edge contributor and Clips Nation writer Robert Flom to break down Damian Lillard making 1st Team All NBA, reports that Lillard wants to meet with Paul Allen again, who's the most important Blazer after Lillard for the future, how to evaluate college prospects based on production and correlation in the NBA, who the Blazers should be on the lookout for in the NBA Draft, whether or not the Blazers and Clippers could make Draft Day trade and more! IntroOpening CommentsGuest intro: Robert FlomDamian Lillard making 1st Team All NBAMaking 1st Team over Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook and Steph CurryChris Paul on the downslopeOld man game on the riseCanzano reports that Lillard is meeting with Paul Allen againWhy is Lillard going after Canzano?Don’t you want your star communicating with the owner?Reviewing Flom’s piece: Who’s the most important for the Blazer’s future after Lillard?Production to value ratio - how important is that for the Blazers and every team in the league?Evaluating college prospects by raw counting stats- how well do they translate?What was the inspiration behind this series?Brief description of you approach?What are are the most predictive stats for bigs?What are the most predictive stats for point guards?What are the most predictive stats for wings? Understanding what's required of wings in the NBA todayHow ridiculous has LeBron James been?Using Flom’s correlations, who did he have picked to best succeed in the 2017 draft?Who does Flom have rated well in the 18-30 range and possible targets for Portland in 2018?Troy Brown, OregonBruce Brown, MiamiKeita Bates-Diop, Ohio StateLonnie Walker, MiamiCould the Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers make a Draft Day trade?Closing CommentsOutro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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