The Dream Shake, a Houston Rockets community

Basketball Prospectus' Bradford Doolittle has a system (dubbed ATH) designed to translate college and Euroleague stats to the NBA. This is apparently the first year it's being used, however, and so it's something of a test-run for the system. ATH thinks DeJuan Blair has the best translation of any player in the draft, followed by Stephen Curry and then Blake Griffin. That doesn't mean that Doolittle thinks Blair or Curry is going to be better than Griffin, just that he has a more translatable game. So how did the Rockets' acquisitions do in ATH? Jermaine Taylor ranks as the system's 11th-best prospect. Chase Budinger comes in at #49, while Sergio Lllull is ranked #64 (it should be noted that Llull looks a lot better in Keven Pelton's system designed specifically for Euroleague players. There he's described as being a "potential steal" and as comparable to Deron Williams, Tony Parker, Delonte West, and Ray Allen. Weird). Anyways, take all of that with a big heaping serving of salt. But it's still interesting stuff.

There will be a fourth (and final) SASHSoG video! Actually, this was announced a few weeks ago, but I hadn't seen it anywhere. Since the Stephen A Smith Heckling Society of Gentlemen was probably the best thing ever produced by the NBA draft, this is bittersweet (though still fantastic) news. I had worried that Stephen A's dismissal from ESPN was the last we'd ever see of the Society, but they've found a way to heckle. And that's all that really matters.