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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. -Norman Vincent Peale

It's great to see players go get in amazing shape preparing for the draft. Kills me tho that some go through college then be at their best

Studying some trends in high school rankings to college to the NBA draft. Interestingly, Findlay had 3 of the 16 youngest guys in the NBA

Good to see UNLV alum @JoelAnthony get a ring. All those hours in the gym he made himself into a player & deserves to be a champion

If u love high school hoops history u gotta follow @RonFloresESPN. Delivers some of the best facts & stories on twitter.

If APR base had been at 930 (which it's moving to) instead of 900 this year, CBB would have ~60 teams ineligible for '13 postseason play.

There's a dilemma in HS age media. Glorify kids into Internet stars but no one wants to single out a kid for foolishness & understandably so

Hope the up & comers watch the Dream Team doc. The stars wanted to compete to prove who is best. See a lot of dodging & ego preservation now

More good commentary from combine: "Still plays with tunnel vision", "What does he do without the ball that translates to the NBA game?"

Great stuff from scouts at combine "Has a kid been coached HARD?", "Has he modified his game to play with talent?", "Will he accept a role?"

Good lessons from the playoffs: 1) The game requires initiating contact to get what & where u want 2) Win the collisions 3) 1&2 are mindsets

2 questions i ask in evaluating: 1) does his play translate to helping win big games 2) how hard is he to scout & take away what he does

Hardest to play against & stop: 1) playmaker for others 2) relentless hustle guy with skill 3) disruptive defender who changes your offense

Easiest to play against & stop: 1) scorer who doesn't hit open man 2) guys that need a pass to get the ball 3)transition dependent players

High Field Goal Attempt ‪#s‬, low rebounding #'s, + high turnovers = hyped based on high volume usage not substance & efficiency.

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The bottom 20 high major (For simplicity: ACC,Big10,Big12,Pac12,SEC,BigEast) teams in scoring had 3 players total selected in the draft.

The top 20 high major scoring teams combined for 35 players drafted. Does talent allow up tempo play or up tempo play let players shine?

The 2 basic statistics that most translate to having value at all levels are Defensive Rebounding & Free Throws Attempted, Toughness stats!

16 of the top 19 high major defensive rebounders (that were draft eligible) were selected including 9 of the top 21 picks! Rebounders wanted

6 of the top 8 in free throw attempts per game from high majors (that were draft eligible) went in the 1st round. D. Lillard was 5th in NCAA

Damian Lilliard averaged most shot attempts per game of any 1st round pick at 15.47. Harrison Barnes next at 13.68. Be efficient & rounded!

Kevin Garnett will make the most NBA salary ever at $321,000,000. Under 20ppg career avg but #2 all-time rebounder. Rebound young fellas!

345 Division 1 schools, nearly 4,485 scholarship players, only 60 players drafted. A LOT of VERY good players undrafted. Lesson: it is HARD!

Joe Dumars said he had 10 to 12 sources of background info on Drummond including his 6th grade teacher. We've get a ton of these type calls

Young players there is a difference in rankings/mock drafts & someone paying you. Character, health, personality are critical to the latter

Make getting drafted a milestone not the destination. For some dropping and having a chip on their shoulder is a blessing

Quick draft count: 9 internationals picked, 6 foreign college players, 7 from outside big conferences, 29 that can play power forward/center

Interesting to see trends toward production over potential in the draft. Now into the role filler part of draft. What NBA skill do u bring?

Potential draftees Findlay Prep played in HS: Kidd-Gilchrist, Waiters, Rivers, Sullinger, Ross, Lamb, Miller, English

Findlay NBA draft notes: 3 1st rounders & a 2nd rounder in last 2 drafts. Produced 3 of the last 12 1&done 1st round picks

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. -Norman Vincent Peale

Thoughts On Oppurtunity

Some noteworthy quotes from the book "Thoughts on Oppurtunity" from the Forbes Leadership Library:

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years. - Bertrand Russel

One of the illusions of life is the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him. - Aldous Huxley

Life is the greatest bargain: we get it for nothing. -Yiddish Proverb

God sells us all things at the price of labor. -Leonardo Da Vinci

Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. -Mark Twain

God will provide the victuals but He will not cook the dinner. -Anonymous

He is not fit for riches who is afraid to use them. -Thomas Fuller

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there. -Colonel Sanders

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. -Dwight D. Eisenhower

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. -Franklin D. Roosevelt

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere. -Henry Kissinger

A wise man will make more oppurtunities than he finds. -Francis Bacon

Quotes of Note

“An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by an ass” - George Washington

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. Michael Jordan