2010-11 NBA Season: Five Overlooked Rookies for the New Campaign

The NBA Draft is very unpredictable.

The fact that it is only a two-round draft juxtaposed with the ridiculous amounts of rounds in the NFL and MLB Draft leads to this unpredictability.

Due to the small number of players drafted, fans and the media alike have a general misconception that if a player is not drafted in the top 15, there is something wrong with him. Or that he doesn't have the potential to be a truly valuable NBA prospect.

In last year's draft alone, however, Ty Lawson, Darren Collison, Omri Caspi, Rodrique Beaubois, Taj Gibson and Dejuan Blair were all drafted outside of the top 15 and had immediate impacts for their respective teams.

Frequently, players who aren't drafted in the lottery have less expectations and go to more sound franchises wh...

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