Next year's NBA draft is fast-shaping up to be one of the most anticipated batches of rookies in recent years with a crop of talents said to be comparable to the 2003 class that featured reigning league MVP LeBron James, teammates Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh and Knicks star Carmelo Anthony. The media hype that the 2014 class will yield many potential superstars has led to speculations that some NBA teams are advertently losing, or 'tanking' their games to have a more realistic shot at the number 1 selection.
But if Hall of Famer coach Jim Boeheim is to be believed, there is no freshman in next year's draft who is worth 'tanking' for.
"There's no player that's out there on the horizon that's a Tim Duncan or a LeBron James," he told SNY.tv.
Boeheim said that contrary to what most scouts are suggesting, next year's batch of NBA rookies don't have a single talent who can turn a franchise around similar to what four-time champion Tim Duncan did to the San Antonio Spurs in 1997 or James did to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003.
"I've seen all these guys play. I think they're very talented players. They're not that kind of player. They're not transcendent players that are gonna make your franchise into a 10-12-15-year winning franchise because you're there. I don't see that."
He continued: "I think there's a lot of good players, talented players, guys who will be really good NBA players but I'm not sure there's transcendent players there."
Among the projected top picks in the 2014 Draft are Andrew Wiggins of the Kansas Jayhawks and Jabari Parker of the Duke Blue Devils. Other college freshmen considered as high picks in the draft are Joel Embiid, Julius Randle and Aaron Gordon.
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