Articles written by Jon Markinson

Sports & Recreation > NBA Notable NBA draft busts of the past: 4 of 5

The bust tag is thrown around too loosely. Being a bust is relative. It depends on the surrounding talent in the draft, but that aspect is overlooked. First thing is first, Darko Milicic is absent from my list. The Detroit Pistons were perennially atop the league before, during, and after the Darko era. Had they taken Carmel...
Sports & Recreation > NBA 2009 NBA Draft preview: The top Shooting Guards: 2 of 2

Top 2009 NBA Draft Shooting Guard Prospects Day by day, the NBA Draft inches nearer and the futures of every NBA franchise can change with just one selection. Will this year's draft class contain the next All-Star shooting guard? That is always impossible to tell, but these five two-guard prospects have the best chance at st...