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I don’t want it to seem like I am out to singlehandedly destroy Eric Bledsoe’s draft stock . . . but . . . I’m not sure how to finish that sentence. I guess I just don’t want anyone, mostly Larry Legend and the Pacers, fooled into thinking he is the point guard of the future. I summed up my thoughts on Bledsoe playing the point last week. I thought I would add to it a little today. After this I promise to leave him alone . . . unless the Pacers bring him in for a workout.

I keep hearing that Bledsoe is the best point guard prospect in this draft. However, I always answer that with the fact that he had more turnovers than assists this season. Here is a list of players drafted in the 1st or 2nd round since 2002, who averaged more turnovers than assists their final year in college. I included points guards and shooting guards, because I see Bledsoe’s future at the shooting guard position.

Name	Year	A/TO Ratio
Jodie Meeks	2009	0.66
Jermaine Taylor	2009	0.67
Robert Vaden	2009	0.83
O.J. Mayo	2008	0.93
Eric Gordon	2008	0.64
Courtney Lee	2008	0.89
Sonny Weems	2008	0.93
Chris Douglas-Roberts	2008	0.86
Shan Foster	2008	0.97
Joe Crawford	2008	0.77
Nick Young	2007	0.56
Daequan Cook	2007	0.71
Morris Almond	2007	0.34
Maurice Ager	2006	0.97
James White	2006	0.87
Denham Brown	2006	0.83
Antoine Wright	2005	0.92
Joey Graham	2005	0.76
Salim Stoudamire	2005	0.92
Von Wafer	2005	0.98
Kirk Snyder	2004	0.98
Kevin Martin	2004	0.56
Andre Emmett	2004	0.89
Tim Pickett	2004	0.87
Luis Flores	2004	0.68
Dahntay Jones	2003	0.46
Travis Hansen	2003	0.92
Kareem Rush	2002	0.86
Rod Grizzard	2002	0.76
Tamar Slay	2002	0.82

Just to be clear, an A/TO ratio of less than 1.00 means the player had more turnovers than assists. Bledsoe’s was 0.96 this season. So does anyone see any productive NBA point guards on that list? Does anyone see even one NBA point guard on this list? Okay, point made (pun intended), I promise I’m done with this topic for awhile.