The methodology I used was to collect data regarding the sentiment around each draft class prior to the actual draft taking place. The sentiment of a draft class is referring to whether the media predicts that the draft class is strong or weak. I then compared the sentiment of each class to their actual performance over time. Full article here: https://medium.com/the-sports-scientist/are-nba-draft-class-analysts-really-experts-my-testing-proves-otherwise-42913471d467?source=friends_link&sk=59efe97fc611ebd6c9829d9082ff944f