From Chad Ford on ESPN's current Daily Dime

We all know draft prognostication isn't an exact science.

Exhibit A: Tayshaun Prince, who scored 29 points in an elimination game against the Heat on Wednesday.

Prior to the 2002 NBA Draft, NBA GMs and scouts had Prince ranked as a bubble first-rounder despite a stellar career at Kentucky.

Meanwhile, Duke's Mike Dunleavy was widely considered to be the No. 3 guy in the draft, behind only Yao Ming and Jay Williams.

Today, the Warriors would love to unload Dunleavy while Prince has become the Pistons' go-to guy.

Prince was longer, more athletic and a better defender. Dunleavy was considered a better shooter and passer but really was boosted by the fact that his dad was an NBA head coach.

In retrospect, it was a silly reason for Dunleavy to be drafted 20 spots ahead of Prince.

As I said, it's not an exact science

Ford was on Dun's nuts all over the draft. Now he knew he would flop.

Chad Ford is . I mean, he literally is.

TMC wrote:Ford was on Dun's nuts all over the draft. Now he knew he would flop.

Chad Ford is . I mean, he literally is.

I second that notion.

"Chad Ford = BS"

Official Man-Law

Why do we have to bring this up again???

Lets just try and forget this draft ever happened.

I'll just have to third the motion that Chad Ford is bullshiit artist!

And yes - Prince is not the go to man on the Pistons, at least not yet

at least he's not a much of a retard as Scoop Jackon, John Hollinger, Bill Simmons, etc.

Scoop Jackson is a wordy, poetic story-writer who could care less if he gets the facts right. He's a fictional writer; not a sports analyst.

But, still, nobody's as bad as Hollinger.

Scoop Jackson is a wordy, poetic story-writer who could care less if he gets the facts right. He's a fictional writer; not a sports analyst.

But, still, nobody's as bad as Hollinger.

I agree - he manipulates numbers in a truly slippery way, and tried to singlehandedly muddy the MVP race with his arcane, inventive and largely superfluous stats.