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The list was not promoted by Dabomb87 23:23, 11 May 2010 [1].

1973 NBA Draft[edit]

1973 NBA Draft (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Nominator(s): —Chris!c/t 20:26, 10 April 2010 (UTC), User:Martin tamb[reply]
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We are nominating this for featured list because it's up to FL standard.—Chris!c/t 20:26, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment To begin with I would both make it clear that the underclassmen are rare (lead the sentence in a way like "While most of those drafted were upperclassmen...", and a footnote (or another sentence) explaining the "hardship" rule. Staxringold talkcontribs 04:28, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've rephrased and added more information on the eligibility for the draft. — Martin tamb (talk) 13:42, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Giants2008 (27 and counting) 21:15, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments –
  • "The Philadelphia 76ers were awarded an extra first-round draft pick as a compensation when the Seattle SuperSonics signed John Brisker." I think "a" should be removed from here.
  • Tense conflict here: "A player who had played college basketball for four years were eligible for selection."
  • "which earned them the rights to start earning their living by starting their professional career earlier." Should "rights" be singular instead? And should "career" be plural?
    • Took a second look at this and it still bothers me. I think that's because it has repetition of "earned" and "earning". Try changing one of them and the whole sentence will look better. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 19:07, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Try not to start a sentence with a number, like in "22nd pick George McGinnis...".
  • "Brewer, Washington and E. C. Coleman are also the only players who have been selected to the All-Defensive Team." Remove "also"; it's usually an unneeded word, and in Coleman's case it has no relevance at all.

More later. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 22:25, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

All fixed by User:Martin tamb—Chris!c/t 02:09, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Took a look at the rest and found some serious prose issues in the one paragraph that was left. I'm concerned, to say the least.

  • "McGinnis have already played in the American Basketball Association prior to the draft." "have" → "has".
  • "He had one ABA Most Valuable Players Award". "Players" should be singular.
  • "He spent three seasons in the NBA before finally joined the NBA...". "joined" → "joining".
  • "He have been selected...".
  • Another sentence starting with a numeral: "76th pick M. L. Carr...".
  • "before he became the Celtics' head coach for two seasons in the 1990s. and Carr who coached the Celtics for two seasons." Serious copy-editing needed here.
  • Commas needed after the three coaches in the last sentence. In addition, the "coached X teams, most recently with Y" structures could use some work.
I eliminated the problem by simplifying.—Chris!c/t 22:28, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also from that sentence: "Four other players drafted also went on to have a coaching career". So why are only three listed?
I think this can be removed. There are enough refs to support the list.—Chris!c/t 22:28, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I know that it is not considered a reliable source, but every time I expanded the older draft articles, I always used this website together with NBA.com, APBR and basketball-reference. This website has some information that are not found in the other three main references, but I always support their info with another external references (see ref #7 and #17 which support the info from thedraftreview about 22nd and 31st pick). I know it shouldn't be listed as a reference but I just want to give the website credits for their information. However, if it should be removed, then I wouldn't oppose the removal. — Martin tamb (talk) 07:18, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I just removed it. So, hopefully everyone is satisfied.—Chris!c/t 01:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: First thing I noticed was that there is nothing about the draft's legacy. Was it considered a good or a bad one? (Doesn't look like it was good from what I could see but maybe there's something written) Doesn't have to be much but I'm sure there's a couple sentences written somewhere. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 17:31, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think anything can be added. This year seems to be an average draft.—Chris!c/t 22:28, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine. What I would like to see added though is a note of the NBA Draft's delay to the 24th as a result of the John Brisker conflict.[2] Looks like it happened more than once that year so perhaps only the delay itself needs a mention rather than each time it happened. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 23:07, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I added a footnote.—Chris!c/t 02:19, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I found no serious problems with this list. Ruslik_Zero 18:46, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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