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All Underclassmen Declaring for the 2013 NBA Draft
The NBA playoffs starting also means that the deadline for underclassmen declaring for the 2013 NBA draft has passed, giving us 43 players leaving college basketball early, with Nerlens Noel, Anthony Bennett, Michael Carter-Williams, Trey Burke and Ben McLemore being the best among a pretty impressive class.
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Conferences With Most Players in the 2013 NFL Draft
If anyone wanted another example of just how dominant and better the SEC is when compared with the rest of college football, the 2013 NFL Draft proved to be another huge statement for the best conference in the sport, getting in more players than anyone else overall and obviously in the first round as well.
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NBA Stars Injured & Missing the Playoffs
The recent string of season-ending injuries to NBA stars like Kobe Bryant and Russell Westbrook has just made the list even longer, with Rajon Rondo, David Lee, Danny Granger, Danilo Gallinari and Derrick Rose being the biggest names that should have been in the postseason.
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All the Picks From the 2013 NFL Draft First Round
There’s no doubt that the 2013 NFL Draft is mostly about offensive tackles and pass rushers, with the top 5 consisting of Eric Fisher, Lane Johnson and Luke Joeckel, all offensive linemen, going to Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars respectively, while the Miami Dolphins picked Dion Jordan and the Detroit Lions took Ezekiel Ansah, representing those going after quarterbacks.
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10 Best Draft Classes in NFL History
It takes time to truly appreciate the greatness of a draft class, meaning the 10 we have featured in this one don’t go further than 2004, which might end up being the second great quarterback class with Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger, eclipsing the 1983 generation, with John Elway, Jim Kelly and Dan Marino.
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Bayern Munich – The Cost of Building the Current Squad
Building a dominant side such as Bayern Munich have been in 2013 takes more than just an excellent youth system, which is apparent in this squad, but also making quite a few expensive signings over the years, unlike other Bundesliga sides, bringing players like Franck Ribery, Javi Martinez and Arjen Robben for huge sums, totaling at €235.3 million.
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10 Biggest Draft Steals in NFL History
After going over the worst picks in NFL Draft history, it’s also good to remember the good things – the steals, and players who turned out to be a lot better than anyone expected after getting picked in the sixth and seventh rounds, with legendary players like Dan Marino and Roger Staubach among those GM’s passed over and lived to regret it, while Tom Brady represents the more modern example of excellent and the opposite of it in pro prospect scouting.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Is Staying Second Best
So Kevin Durant is sick of being second best. It doesn’t change the fact that he is just that at the moment. His team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, are inferior to the Miami Heat until proven otherwise, and he himself isn’t as good as LeBron James, and all of his motivation and obsession to become better than everyone else isn’t going to help.
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10 Worst Draft Picks in NFL History
Draft time is coming, which means the national pass time of remembering all the biggest mistakes NFL teams have made through the years, with Ryan Leaf and Tim Couch being the measurement of failure with top picks joined in recent years by JaMarcus Russell and Vincent Gholston, comprising some of the list that features the worst draft picks ever made in NFL history.
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Los Angeles Lakers Should Amnesty Kobe Bryant, Not Pau Gasol
People don’t always do the smart things because of, well, less than intelligent decision making. While Kobe Bryant has been the face of the Los Angeles Lakers for over a decade, the Southern California will get over him eventually, like they do about everything, once the team built around others, specifically Dwight Howard, starts winning games at an acceptable rate. Meanwhile, the team is more inclined to release Pau Gasol than the Black Mamba.