justasportsfan
07-08-2004, 12:14 PM
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/writers/dr_z/07/07/drz.drafthistory/index.html
I've always wanted to do a team-by-team draft retrospective for a set period of time, in this case a decade.
The idea for this chart has been bubbling around in my head for years, but it took the dog days of one of the dullest offseasons in memory to finally bring it about.
How do the teams stack up, overall? The problem is that if you include the entire draft, the thing becomes too unwieldy, plus it will give a skewed picture. The all-important statistic of how many regulars came from those 10 drafts will always end up in an overload in favor of the bad teams, because they're more in need of help. There are more spots available for rookies.
I've always wanted to do a team-by-team draft retrospective for a set period of time, in this case a decade.
The idea for this chart has been bubbling around in my head for years, but it took the dog days of one of the dullest offseasons in memory to finally bring it about.
How do the teams stack up, overall? The problem is that if you include the entire draft, the thing becomes too unwieldy, plus it will give a skewed picture. The all-important statistic of how many regulars came from those 10 drafts will always end up in an overload in favor of the bad teams, because they're more in need of help. There are more spots available for rookies.