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Here's a well-researched article which makes some bold predictions regarding the 2007 Draft. Unfortunately, its really interesting claims are mostly reserved for US college players, meaning our smiling little railroad-builder isn't ranked with respect to those guys. However, they do make an effort to evaluate the foreigners-- the important paragraph is encouraging, and below:

Looking at International Players

International leagues suffer from this problem and more. The shorter seasons provide for smaller sample sizes. Key statistics for Win Score are often not included in international box scores. To assess the 2007 class, turnover and fouling stats were approximated by taking the median rate of their draft class position peers. In spite of these issues, Win Score suggests the following:

Favorites: Jianlian Yi, Marco Belinelli, Luka Bogdanovic, Jonas Maciulis, Kyrylo Fesenko, and Mirza Begic

Buyer Beware: Tiago Splitter, Petteri Koponen, Marc Gasol, Sidiki Sidibe, and Dimitri Sokolov

Win Score loves Yi Jianlian, even if we change our assumption and have him post double the median foul and turnover rate.

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