Day 120 Update.
1. Patrick Ewing
Coast to coast, no question, no debate. Software overrates him a smidge but only a smidge. With the right SC/RC could become the best big in the league, but will be an elite big in perpetuity regardless.
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2. Mario Elie 
Super "Mario" "Elie" probably wouldn't win ROY in an ordinary year but could have won it in a bad one. His 3P% will come down without camp intervention, he needs to increase his scoring volume and rebounding, but the Cavs have a real building block here.
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3. Wayman Tisdale
Wayman is a fascinating prospect because he's already set in traditional areas of big man weakness (e.g. jump shot) and has miles to go in traditional areas of big men strength (i.e. shot blocking). I would urge the Bobcats to double up on Shot Blocking camps and pray for some TC luck, and they could have a real stud in the future. One or two JBC tier camps and that's all she wrote.
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4. Alredick Hughes 
It's a six game hot streak, but what a hot streak. Would easily be a top five scorer in the league as a no.1 option. The 3P% definitely won't hold up, but the volume suggests he could have an elite FG%. He unfortunately was not extended so the Hawks only have one more season to figure him out, and he doesn't appear to have any strengths besides scoring, but no obvious weaknesses either.
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5. Adrian Branch 
Yo Adrian remains another extremely interesting prospect. Unlike Tisdale his future is far less straightforward, though. Do the Pacers try for PG eligibility? Do they fix his scoring? Do they slide him to PF for a few TCs and try to make a Josh Smith out of him? He needs work for sure but elite shot blocking and ast:tov ratio just doesn't come around in one player that often, so he's intriguing.
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6. Delaney Rudd 
A new entry thanks to a late season surge in scoring efficiency, Rudd has been holding it down on the ast:tov ratio all year. His efficiency still isn't good but it's almost average, which combined with his very good scoring volume is enough to get him the six spot. He is another 3P% regression candidate and his defense is a concern but at 6'2" and A potential his prospects are reasonably good.
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7. Marcus Bol
Still a good d/r big.
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8. Benoit Benjamin
Benny the Grizz is a better shot blocker and rebounder than Marc, but he's also 7 inches shorter and shoots 7 times as much. I'm more confident Bol will develop blocks/rebounds than Benjamin will develop inside scoring, so Bol is ahead. I was surprised to see the Rockets cut bait on Benjamin, but after the Thompson acquisition it seemed inevitable.
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9. John Battle 
He hasn't gotten back to solid efficiency numbers, but in this class average is good enough to get top ten. Scoring is still all he has and he's not even good at it so it's hard to see him ever becoming a championship caliber starter.
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10. Detlef Schrempf 
Woof, Detlef. %s dropped like a stone at the end of the season. He's still got a future, and is still on the list because he's the second best rebounder per minute in the class after Ewing, but I liked him a lot better when he was in the 1.04 pts/tsa range. On the plus side, he's probably at his true talent level in 3P% so it would be a surprise to see him fall any further. On the minus side, he's a poor defender so if he's bad on offense he's pretty much unplayable.
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The rest of the lotto is just a disaster or a blank.
Karl has turnover problems, inside problems, defense problems - he's a poor man's Xavier McDaniel.
Mullin is Schrempf without the rebounding.
Dumars is Battle without the scoring.
Spud Webb makes Delaney Rudd look like Aaron Harrison.
Scott Howard makes Spud Webb look like Aaron Harrison.
AC Green didn't score once the entire year.
Michael Adams played a combined 0 minutes pre- and regular season.
Terry Porter put up a dumptime with 100% from every area in the 9 minutes he played, so he's got that going for him.
Other guys:
Adultman I think will go far in this league if he ever gets PT.
Smrek is an interesting prospect with a decently high floor.
Messmore LeBaron is an all time HOF GOAT name and was really horrible in limited minutes.
