2021 NBA Draft Relativity Big Board
The 2021 NBA Draft is only a few days away, and as a way of measuring how high I am on every prospect compared to the consensus, I decided to compile a relativity big board, which is of course, a ranking of how my big board compares to the consensus. To find the consensus, I used 4 sources and averaged the rankings for players from these. The following websites/media big boards were used:
Tankathon: http://www.tankathon.com/big_board
ESPN: https://www.espn.com.au/nba/draft/bestavailable
The Ringer (Kevin O’Connor): https://nbadraft.theringer.com/
Sports Illustrated (Jeremy Woo): https://www.si.com/nba/2021/07/08/nba-draft-big-board-top-80-prospect-rankings-cade-cunningham-evan-mobley
I also could’ve used Jonathan Wasserman’s, from Bleacher Report, Chad Ford’s, from NBABigBoard, Sam Vecenie’s, from The Athletic, or CBS Sports’, but they were either behind a paywall, or I forgot about them in the moment, and then couldn’t be bothered changing it.
Anyway, lets get into it. Obviously, the prospects will be somewhat scattered from the top to the bottom of the page, but if you have any questions or comments, don’t hesitate to ask me below.
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Sharife Cooper
My Rank: 5
Consensus: 21.25
Differential: +16.25
Percentage: +325.0%
Alperen Sengun
My Rank: 4
Consensus: 10.25
Differential: +6.25
Percentage: +156.3%
Moses Moody
My Rank: 7
Consensus: 15
Differential: +8.0
Percentage: +114.3%
JT Thor
My Rank: 18
Consensus: 36.25
Differential: +18.25
Percentage: +101.3%
Usman Garuba
My Rank: 8
Consensus: 16
Differential: +8.0
Percentage: +100.0%
Vrenz Bleijenbergh
My Rank: 31
Consensus: 60.33
Differential: +29.33
Percentage: +94.61%
Tre Mann
My Rank: 15
Consensus: 28
Differential: +13.0
Percentage: +86.67%
Jaden Springer
My Rank: 12
Consensus: 21.5
Differential: +9.5
Percentage: +79.17%
Aaron Henry
My Rank: 29
Consensus: 51
Differential: +22.0
Percentage: +75.86%
Isaiah Todd
My Rank: 25
Consensus: 43.5
Differential: +18.5
Percentage: +74.00%
Ziaire Williams
My Rank: 16
Consensus: 25.75
Differential: +9.75
Percentage: +60.94%
Cade Cunningham
My Rank: 1
Consensus: 1.5
Differential: +0.5
Percentage: +50.0%
Chris Duarte
My Rank: 14
Consensus: 21
Differential: +7.0
Percentage: +50.0%
Sandro Mamukelashvili
My Rank: 46
Consensus: 65.5
Differential: +19.5
Percentage: +42.39%
Nah’Shon Hyland
My Rank: 24
Consensus: 33.5
Differential: +9.5
Percentage: +39.58%
David Duke
My Rank: 55
Consensus: 76.33
Differential: +21.33
Percentage: +38.78%
Isaiah Jackson
My Rank: 17
Consensus: 23.5
Differential: +6.5
Percentage: +38.23%
Charles Bassey
My Rank: 32
Consensus: 43.25
Differential: +11.25
Percentage: +35.16%
Kessler Edwards
My Rank: 36
Consensus: 48.33
Differential: +12.33
Percentage: +34.25%
Yves Pons
My Rank: 57
Consensus: 71
Differential: +14.0
Percentage: +24.56%
EJ Onu
My Rank: 64
Consensus: 79.5
Differential: +15.5
Percentage: +24.22%
Jericho Sims
My Rank: 49
Consensus: 59.33
Differential: +10.33
Percentage: +21.08%
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
My Rank: 42
Consensus: 50.5
Differential: +8.5
Percentage: +20.23%
Quentin Grimes
My Rank: 27
Consensus: 31.25
Differential: +4.25
Percentage: +15.74%
Greg Brown
My Rank: 41
Consensus: 47
Differential: +6.0
Percentage: +14.63%
Evan Mobley
My Rank: 2
Consensus: 2.25
Differential: +0.25
Percentage: +12.5%
Miles McBride
My Rank: 30
Consensus: 33.75
Differential: +3.75
Percentage: +12.5%
Santi Aldama
My Rank: 62
Consensus: 69.5
Differential: +7.5
Percentage: +12.10%
Austin Reaves
My Rank: 38
Consensus: 31.25
Differential: +4.25
Percentage: +11.18%
Rokas Jokubaitas
My Rank: 39
Consensus: 42.67
Differential: +3.67
Percentage: +9.41%
DJ Steward
My Rank: 61
Consensus: 66
Differential: +5.0
Percentage: +8.20%
BJ Boston
My Rank: 37
Consensus: 39.75
Differential: +2.75
Percentage: +7.43%
Isaiah Livers
My Rank: 47
Consensus: 49.67
Differential: +2.67
Percentage: +5.68%
Josh Giddey
My Rank: 9
Consensus: 9.5
Differential: +0.5
Percentage: +5.56%
Duane Washington Jr
My Rank: 65
Consensus: 68.5
Differential: +3.5
Percentage: +5.38%
Juhann Begarin
My Rank: 45
Consensus: 43.25
Differential: +1.75
Percentage: +3.89%
Trey Murphy III
My Rank: 19
Consensus: 19.25
Differential: +0.25
Percentage: +1.32%
Neemias Queta
My Rank: 44
Consensus: 44.25
Differential: +0.25
Percentage: +0.57%
Jalen Green
My Rank: 3
Consensus: 3
Differential: 0.0
Percentage: 0.00%
Franz Wagner
My Rank: 11
Consensus: 11
Differential: 0.0
Percentage: 0.00%
Josh Christopher
My Rank: 35
Consensus: 34.75
Differential: -0.25
Percentage: -0.72%
Joel Ayayi
My Rank: 34
Consensus: 33.67
Differential: -0.33
Percentage: -0.98%
Josh Primo
My Rank: 33
Consensus: 32
Differential: -1.0
Percentage: -3.13%
Jay Huff
My Rank: 58
Consensus: 55.5
Differential: -2.5
Percentage: -4.50%
McKinley Wright IV
My Rank: 60
Consensus: 56.67
Differential: -3.33
Percentage: -5.88%
Scottie Lewis
My Rank: 63
Consensus: 58.5
Differential: -4.5
Percentage: -7.69%
Kai Jones
My Rank: 20
Consensus: 18.5
Differential: -1.5
Percentage: -8.11%
Filip Petrusev
My Rank: 43
Consensus: 39.5
Differential: -3.5
Percentage: -8.86%
Scottie Barnes
My Rank: 6
Consensus: 5.5
Differential: -0.5
Percentage: -9.09%
Joe Wieskamp
My Rank: 50
Consensus: 45.5
Differential: -4.5
Percentage: -9.89%
Cam Thomas
My Rank: 26
Consensus: 23.5
Differential: -2.5
Percentage: -10.64%
Jared Butler
My Rank: 23
Consensus: 20.25
Differential: -2.75
Percentage: -13.58%
Luka Garza
My Rank: 66
Consensus: 54.75
Differential: -11.25
Percentage: -20.55%
Herb Jones
My Rank: 54
Consensus: 44.5
Differential: -9.5
Percentage: -21.35%
Matthew Hurt
My Rank: 67
Consensus: 54.67
Differential: -12.33
Percentage: -22.55%
David Johnson
My Rank: 56
Consensus: 45.5
Differential: -10.5
Percentage: -23.08%
Daishen Nix
My Rank: 53
Consensus: 43
Differential: -10.0
Percentage: -23.26%
James Bouknight
My Rank: 13
Consensus: 9.5
Differential: -3.5
Percentage: -36.84%
Jason Preston
My Rank: 48
Consensus: 32.75
Differential: -15.25
Percentage: -46.56%
Ayo Dosunmu
My Rank: 51
Consensus: 34.25
Differential: -16.75
Percentage: -48.91%
Keon Johnson
My Rank: 21
Consensus: 12
Differential: -9.0
Percentage: -75.0%
Day’ron Sharpe
My Rank: 59
Consensus: 29.5
Differential: -29.5
Percentage: -100.0%
Corey Kispert
My Rank: 28
Consensus: 13.25
Differential: -14.75
Percentage: -111.3%
Jalen Suggs
My Rank: 10
Consensus: 3.25
Differential: -5.75
Percentage: -176.9%
Davion Mitchell
My Rank: 40
Consensus: 12
Differential: -28.0
Percentage: -233.3%
Jonathan Kuminga
My Rank: 22
Consensus: 6.5
Differential: -15.5
Percentage: -238.5%
Jalen Johnson
My Rank: 52
Consensus: 14.25
Differential: -37.75
Percentage: -264.9%
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Now, that concludes my relativity big board. I hoped you enjoyed reading through to see where I have each prospect ranked relative to the consensus. In case you were wondering, I left off the player analysis, as if you want that, I will always respond to any comments about particular players.