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Chad Ford unveils his first mock draft of 2013, with Nerlens Noel leading the way.

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2013

While there's a growing certainty about where prospects will land tonight, there's still plenty of intrigue. David Thorpe looks at five moves that could drastically change the draft, including the Wizards' swapping John Wall for an All-Star point guard.

Blog | Conversation | June 24, 2010

Doug Gottlieb draws on his experience covering college hoops and the past eight NBA drafts to offer lessons on what to value -- and avoid -- on a draft night. A few tips: Someone better scoop up Greivis Vasquez, and don't fall for the workout warriors.

Story | Conversation | June 24, 2010

When smart teams draft, they don't use a 1-to-30 ranking; they utilize a tier system that accounts for team need and player talent. Chad Ford, after talking to numerous teams, divides this year's crop into tiers and explains how the system works.

Blog | Conversation | June 18, 2010

With the draft just more than a week away, Fran Fraschilla breaks down the draft pool by position, naming his top five players at each spot, plus one "value" pick.

Blog | Conversation | June 16, 2010

Trades, surprising picks, sleepers -- we're hearing all kinds of rumors about the 2010 NBA draft. Chad Ford reports on a wide array of news: the jumbled lottery picture, college stars ready to make noise in the second round and trades in the works.

Blog | Conversation | June 14, 2010

The biggest story of Day 1 at the Chicago combine was the number of no-shows. However, some prospects made strong impressions, a couple of highly regarded players had rough interviews with teams and an International Man of Mystery emerged.

Blog | Conversation | May 21, 2010

As expected, Kentucky's John Wall is the consensus, and unanimous, choice to be the No. 1 pick in June's NBA draft after an informal poll Friday of league decision-makers from 10 NBA teams. What is even more surprising, though, is the similarity of...

Doug Gottlieb breaks out his Big Board and breaks down what he likes and dislikes about the top players in this year's draft class.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2010

Chad Ford looks at all the underclassmen who declared for the 2010 NBA draft to see who should stay in the pool and who should return to college for another year.

Blog | Conversation | April 27, 2010

Chad Ford looks at who helped and hurt their draft stock through four rounds of the NCAA tournament. Among the big risers are at least one player from each of the Final Four teams: Gordon Hayward, Durrell Summers, Nolan Smith and Da'Sean Butler.

Blog | Conversation | March 29, 2010

Chad Ford examines the tourney's effect on players' draft stock. Can Omar Samhan and Ryan Wittman play in the NBA? Did Kansas' loss hurt Sherron Collins? Does Kentucky have the two best point guard prospects? Ford has that info.

Blog | Conversation | March 22, 2010

Chad Ford checks in with his weekly NBA draft Stock Watch, with Evan Turner soaring. Could he dethrone John Wall as the No. 1 pick?

Blog | Conversation | March 01, 2010

Chad Ford examines the flourishing or falling fortunes of a host of NBA draft prospects, scrutinizing his Big Board from top to bottom to see whose stock has risen and fallen the most now that we're a third of the way through the college season.

Blog | Conversation | January 05, 2010

Chad Ford analyzes early performances to see whose NBA draft stock is rising and falling. While Evan Turner's prospects took a hit because of his back injury, others -- such as Wesley Johnson and Kyle Singler -- are moving on the board for other reasons.

Blog | Conversation | December 08, 2009

Chad Ford examines players whose draft stock varies the most among scouts -- ranging anywhere from the lottery to the end of the second round. In addition, he checks in on Kyle Singler and Al-Farouq Aminu, who have impressed scouts with early success.

Blog | Conversation | November 19, 2009