Pretty lengthy article on how the latter stages of the 2nd round are currently all messed up. I only skimmed the article:
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/articl...-beyond-repair
The Second Round of the NBA Draft Is Broken, But Not Beyond Repair
The latter stages of the 2nd round seem to be pretty complicated and pretty messy.
I have watched the NBA Draft the last few years on ESPN, and ESPN's expert on international players, Fran Fraschilla, is always talking about teams drafting-and-stashing international players in the latter stages of the 2nd round.
As far as I am aware, the prevailing issues going on in the latter stages of the 2nd round are:
1. Teams drafting younger or undiscovered international players in the latter stages of the 2nd round, and then retaining the rights to those players, for the next about 3? years, without having to sign those players to a contract, and without having to invest money and resources into developing that player: Draft-and-stash.
2. Teams do not want to draft domestic players in the latter stages of the 2nd round because they do not want to have to offer them a contract because they do not really believe in the player? And this is a waste of a draft pick?
3. Players not wanting to get drafted in the latter stages of the 2nd round, because those players are better off going undrafted, because then they can pick and choose the team that they have the best chance of making the roster with.
