John Hollinger outdoes himself
I understand the use of statistics but I always hate when people act like they are the be all and end all, especially in terms of talent evaluation. John Hollinger's latest pieces on ESPN.com are perfect examples of this. He claims that his system is better but he makes as many mistakes as the NBA talent evaluators and many of his errors are far more egregious. Personally, I'm not sure how you can look at this year's draft, run a metric that lists the following 15 players as the best, and still act like your system is a sound one.
Here's Hollinger's top 15:
1. Michael Beasley
2. Kevin Love
3. Darrell Arthur
4. Mareese Speights
5. DJ Augustin
6. Derrick Rose
7. Joe Alexander
8. Brook Lopez
9. Mario Chalmers
10. Jerryd Bayless
11. Roy Hibbert
12. Kosta Koufos
13. Donte Green
14. Darnell Jackson
15. DeAndre Jordan
I'm sorry but a drunk, blindfolded Kevin McHale could come up with a better list than this.
