Shaping up to be best NBA Draft ever

This year's NBA Draft just might be the best draft in the history of the league.

KU's Thomas Robinson (photo courtesy Google Images)

Yes the LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and Carmelo Anthony draft of '03 was pretty good. Certainly the Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley and John Stockton draft of '84 wasn't so bad either, but the 2012 version is has some serious potential.

The first two picks will most likely come from the National Champion Kentucky Wildcats-- Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Both of these guys are rare talents that could be game-changers fro teams in need. Davis is a difference-maker without even scoring due to his presence on defense and rebounding, and Kidd-Gilchrist is an incredible athlete and great play-maker.

Fellow Wildcat Terrence Jones will also be a top-10 pick, as he is a load on the inside.

Baylor's Perry Jones, Ohio State's Jared Sullinger, Kansas' Thomas Robinson and UConn's Andre Drummond are all big guys with incredible potential. Each one of these guys could be No. 1 picks in other years, as they have that type of potential.

But wait, there's more.

Clearly this is the year of the centers/forwards as North Carolina has three of them as well that will all likely be lottery picks-- Harrison Barnes, Tyler Zeller and John Henson.

There's a legitimate chance that no guard is taken in the top 10 picks, that is how deep the center/forward class is this year.

But there are some solid guards as well on the big board. Florida's Bradley Beal, UConn's Jeremy Lamb, Duke's Austin Rivers, UNC's Kendall Marshall and Weber State's Damian Lillard are all outstanding prospects.

In about five to ten years we could be looking back on the '12 draft and realizing it was the best in the history of the league. There's also a chance that seven of the lottery picks will be from Kentucky and North Carolina, which as a Duke fan, makes me happy because they are no longer in college!