Recent Articles from this Column
May 22, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Mock Draft 1.0
Fred Katz (@FredKatz) mock drafts the first round of the 2013 NBA Draft with the lottery results now in.
May 20, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Pre-Lottery NBA Mock Draft
Fred Katz (@FredKatz) offers up a pre-lottery mock draft before Tuesday's lottery results gives us a look at how the draft will fall.
May 15, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: 2013 Draft Prospect Rankings
Our @FredKatz ranks the top 30 prospects in this year's class
April 23, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Smart Move?
Top NBA prospect to skip draft, return to Oklahoma State
April 18, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Early Lottery Mock
Perry Missner (@PerryMissner) gives a generalized early look at who we could see getting drafted in the lottery this offseason.
April 15, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: The All-Rookie Team
Our @FredKatz picks the top rookies in this year's class
April 9, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Trey Burke's Draft Stock Should Be Soaring
@FredKatz sees a lot of Damian Lillard in the Michigan star
April 1, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: NBA Prospects at the Final Four
How many of this weekend's stars will be drafted in June?
March 25, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: March Madness Has Been Tough on Prospects
This year's potential lottery picks are having a very rough March, writes @FredKatz
March 18, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Stock Up
Small-school stars hope to parlay March Madness into better draft position
March 6, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: The John Wall Effect
The John Wall Effect does exist and it's becoming more and more apparent with each Bradley Beal swish.
February 18, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Hope You Didn't Lose Too Much Money, Nerlens
What happens when the likely #1 pick tears his ACL?
February 13, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: The Rookie Wall
Michael Chua (@MichaelChua7) takes a look at this season's most talked about rookies and the walls they've had to climb over.
February 11, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Understanding the Raptors
Valanciunas May Have an Opportunity to Shine
February 8, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Fruitless Tanking
Fred Katz (@FredKatz) believes tanking might be a fruitless endeavor this season.
January 28, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Andre's a Giant
No one is talking about Detroit's Andre Drummond
January 21, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Time for Dion Waiters to Step Up?
Cleveland's rookie guard may have turned the corner
January 14, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: The Return of Iman
Knicks' sophomore guard makes his season debut this week
January 7, 2013
Rookie Prospect Report: Ten Day Contractors
Fred Katz on some potential fill-ins for the second half of the season.
December 31, 2012
Rookie Prospect Report: Anthony Davis
Highly-touted rookie gets a lift from Eric Gordon's return
December 24, 2012
Rookie Prospect Report: The Demise of the Pass-First Point Guard
Fred Katz (@FredKatz) explains how hero ball has made its way into the college game.
December 22, 2012
Rookie Prospect Report: #FreeAndrewNicholson
Fred Katz (@FredKatz) says it's time to #FreeAndrewNicholson.
December 11, 2012
Rookie Prospect Report: Waiting on Dion
Waiters has yet to show the skill that got him to the NBA, but we're fine waiting on him.
December 3, 2012
Rookie Prospect Report: Don't Call it the D-League
More and more NBA players are getting experience in the D-League.
November 19, 2012
Rookie Prospect Report: Without a Shved of Doubt
Russian Rookie could be the T-Wolves' most important player on offense
November 12, 2012
Rookie Prospect Report: Above the Rest
Lillard and Davis Distancing Themselves from the Rookie Pack
November 5, 2012
Rookie Prospect Report: Lillard's Impressive Debut
Portland's Rookie PG is Racking Up Points, Dimes
October 22, 2012
Rookie Prospect Report: Sullied Rumors
Fred Katz runs down the story that broke Jared Sullinger and offers some optimism.
October 15, 2012
Rookie Prospect Report: The NBA's Heath Bar
Fred Katz (@FredKatz) breaks down Harrison Barnes.
October 10, 2012
Rookie Prospect Report: The Guys Worth Drafting and the Not Worth Drafting, All of Them
Fred Katz organizes this year's rookies into tiers of fantasy relevance.