NBA: Draft, GM's Shutout A Star

Basketball fans at the University of Vermont have reason to question the GM’s of the NBA after the two round a disappointing NBA Draft on Wednesday night.

The 6’9”, 250 pound Forward Taylor Coppenrath who led the way for the Catamounts will now be forced to either sign with a team as a Free Agent or take a long flight to Europe and play the international game.

Taylor and his family choose to have BDA represent him heading into the draft with Kevin Bradbury being his Personal Agent. Bradbury was also in charge of handling the 2005 Draft for North Carolina’s Raymond Felton who went 5th overall to the Charlotte Bobcats and Syracuse’s Hakim Warrick who went 19th overall to the Memphis Grizzlies.

Lets see how Coppenrath stacks up against Wayne Simien 29th pick to the Heat and David Lee 30th overall pick to the Knicks when it came to the 2004-2005 season.

COPPENRATH (Games Played: 31)

PTS-777, PTS/G-25.1, REB/G-277/8.9, AST-60,STL-38, BL-21, FTA/Made-295/226 .766%

SIMIEN (Games Played: 26)

PTS-528, PTS/G-20.3, REB/G-287/11.03, AST-36,STL-15, BL-16, FTA/Made-174/142 .784%

LEE (Games Played: 32)

PTS-435, PTS/G-13.6, REB/G-288/9, AST 251,STL-34, BL-24, FTA/Made-161/115 .714%

The biggest surprise at the draft have to be the Toronto Raptor GM Rob Babcock plain out ignoring the void left by Vince Carter and taking Charlie Villanueva.