Katz Analyzes the Impact of NBA Draft Decisions

Katz Analyzes the Impact of NBA Draft Decisions

Andy Katz of ESPN.com gives some thoughts this afternoon about the decisions by underclassmen that either stayed in or pulled out of the NBA Draft.

He gives some thoughts on how the decisions of Kentucky's Daniel Orton and Eric Bledsoe and Morehead State's Kenneth Faried will change the first round of the draft and their respective college teams.

Here are some excerpts:

On Orton and Bledsoe:

None of the players who were still mulling over decisions would have affected the first round of the NBA draft. On Friday night, the official decisions of Kentucky freshmen Daniel Orton and Eric Bledsoe put two more undecided early-entrants in the first round. But on Saturday, the most anticipated decision came out of West Lafayette, Ind., where JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore told coach Matt Painter they will return for their senior seasons. The Boilermakers, with the return of Robbie Hummel, will have what is likely the most experienced and productive trio returning of any power-six club.

On Faried:

Meanwhile, Kenneth Faried’s decision to stay at Morehead State means one of the better talents in the country will shine more of a spotlight on the Ohio Valley next season. Faried had a shot to alter the draft board in the latter part of the first round, but is just one less name for NBA personnel to sweat over during the next six weeks.

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