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Sketchy draft may not provide much relief

The NBA Draft provides a sense of optimism, an opportunity for the feeble to rise and rebuild into legitimate title contenders.Sadly, the 2013 version probably won't provide many franchise players. At this rate, teams should be pleased just to get a solid rotation guy.This year's draft, which will take place June 27 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., is considered one of the weakest, not just in recent memory, but maybe all time. Most scouts, pundits and smart people agree there is no guaranteed difference maker.Last year's No. 1 overall pick, Anthony Davis, was seen as a can't-miss kind of guy.This year, it's expected to be another Kentucky big man to go first overall. The difference is, Nerlens Noel is not quite the prospect his predecessor was.If the Cleveland Cavaliers peg Noel with the first pick as predicted, he will join a young nucleus headlined by Kyrie Irving, who went No. 1 two years ago, Tristan Thompson, Dion Waiters and Tyler Zeller.Noel, much like Davis before him...

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