So over the years I have been noticing a trend and today I am ready to share it with you. I know lately there has been a huge shift to sabremetrics and advanced statistics and such. I use something different. I have noticed that last name and first name of a player can have a huge impact on their careers.
So the idea is if their name is awesome than the player will be awesome. This way you can pick up real gems. Like Duncan Ribinson- duh that's two of the greatest centers in one player. Or Tyler Herro - the guy is a hero.
On the other hand never draft plain vanilla named players, they will always let you down at some point or another. John Smith's, Smith John's don't want those guys. A simple last name like Brown means you should not expect more than a simple player. I know this is really terrible way to judge people, it's a pretty silly idea, but it does seem to work. Maybe it's something psychological, I don't know. Maybe it's how they are perceived by others. Don't know.
With this in mind,I give you my draft order and explanation. It's not team specific, it's just players ranked from most to least likely to excell.
1. LaMelo Ball. Easy, Ball as in basketball and he has some Melo in him , by far the favorite.
2. Killian Hayes. Hmm Killian is gonna kill it. You can count on that.
3. Anthony Edwards- two first names instead of first and last name is great( Michael Jordan, Ray Allan etc.)
4. Obi Topping - "only you can save us" Topping the list almost. He is definitely a Top pick
5. Tyrese Haliburton. - I didn't know what a Haliburton is but apparently it's out there and it's huge, just like this young mans potential.
6. Aaron Nesmith- that's like the Naismith Award, can't miss
7. Devin Vassel-Devin's are good bball players usually
8. Tyrese Maxey - he is going to be a max player
9. Cole Anthony - again, two first names=win
10. James Wiseman- with that name he is going to be a starter and that's all, pretty vanilla
