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Jim Jackson previews the NBA draft

DownloadJackson gives his assessment of Eric Gordon et al.

Scouting Eric Gordon

There were two buzzes going through the Jordan Center on Sunday afternoon. One was the surprising performance of the five newcomers who led PSU to a win over the 17th ranked Hoosiers. The other was the presence of the second most popular visitor to the arena this winter, Miami Heat coach Pat Riley [...]

And the real Best All Around Player in the Big Ten is…

Raymar Morgan.
Say WHAT?
Using my modified Dean Oliver Four Factors methodology (for details on the method see the preceding article in this series, i.e. the Pete Maravich effect), I concluded exactly that.
First, lets check out the laundry list of candidates. The criteria to get on the watch list was to be among the top 30 [...]

The Pete Maravich effect…

There’s no doubt that Pete Maravich was an incredible ball player. The numbers that he put up were unheard of for a guard – plus he did it without the benefit of the three point shot. However, as good as he was, I don’t think anyone would ever call him the greatest ball [...]

Who are the top ten players in the Big Ten?

My “How does Geary Claxton rank” post offered up a simplistic measure for determining the best players in the B10. There are other measures that are typically used. Here are three:The NBA Efficiency ModelThe NBA uses a very simplistic model for player evaluation. They simply give a player one point for each [...]