With the NBA Draft underway, here are the top 60 projected value players based on my ranking system with projected career win shares. These rankings use my college player ratings and adjusts them based on regressions correlating historical NBA performance with college performance, and adjusts for a player's age. Note: My model only looks at US college players, so international players (like Deni Avdija) , and players who did not attend college (like LaMelo Ball) are not on this list. Also - my projections do have a production per season factor, so players with high per possession stats, but little overall playing time (like James Wiseman) can be undervalued. Another Note: Because my model is looking at historical data, it tends to value Centers a little higher than the current game might suggest it should. This helps explain why players like Vernon Carey and Udoka Azubuike will likely go lower than my rankings would suggest they should. 1: Vernon Carey Jr. - Duke (61.2)...(Drafte...
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