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Article: SPORTSDAY Poor draft grade for Bucks
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2009
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The Milwaukee Bucks rank 17th among 30 National Basketball
Association teams in the effectiveness of their drafts over the last
20 years, according to a statistical study done by ESPN Insider.
The Bucks are one of three teams assigned a letter grade of C-
minus for their drafts. Orlando and Minnesota also received C-minus
grades.
Key to the evaluation is a metric called estimated wins added,
which compares the production of a team's pick with what that pick
typically generates.
For example, center Andrew Bogut has a career EWA of 5.4, a solid
number in this system, but No. 1 overall picks have expected EWAs of
7.8, so Milwaukee's number suffers as a result.
San Antonio is deemed the best ...