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Are Final Four Stars Overvalued in the NBA Draft?

May 26, 2016
by harvardsports
4 min read
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By Kurt Bullard One of the lasting images from this year’s rendition of March Madness was Malachi Richardson of No. 10 Syracuse “ going mad” against No. 1 Virginia in the Elite Eight. The freshman put up 21 second-half...

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Coming Up Just Short: The Marginal Effect of Being a First Round Pick in the NBA Draft

September 14, 2012
by harvardsports
5 min read
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Inspired by the work of my economics professor Roland G. Fryer on the marginal effect of getting into one of the three premier exam high schools in New York City on academic achievement, I decided to take a look at the effect on...

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Dissecting the draft: What’s a draft pick worth?

June 28, 2012
by harvardsports
4 min read
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by Andrew Mooney and Alex Koenig This post can also be seen on Boston.com here.  The Celtics are in an interesting position heading into Thursday’s NBA draft. It’s arguable that it is time for the team to rebuild; three of...

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Dissecting the NBA Draft Lottery

April 4, 2012
by harvardsports
4 min read
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By Alex Koenig The NBA Draft Lottery was instituted by the league in 1985 after accusations that teams were deliberately tanking to secure the first pick in the draft. The logic went that it was worth a team’s while to give up...

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Why was Jeremy Lin Undrafted?

February 17, 2012
by harvardsports
4 min read
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This was post number four as part of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective’s Linsanity Day. You can read the other posts here, here, here,  or here. by Janet Song We’ve all heard about how Jeremy Lin was overlooked...

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