People did not need to wait until the condensed draftexpress videos were released. Nothing was stopping anyone from watching videos of prospects and keeping up to date.
Except for the fact that the only way I can think to do this would be to watch all the games. Correct? most videos on prospects are simply highlight videos which just show all the made buckets and maybe a highlight pass or two.
And I dont know about anyone else but I dont have time to watch the probably 300+ college basketball games it would take to analyze the top 50 or so prospects. I watch as many of the matchup videos as I can but I much prefer the comprehensive reports. Schmitz does a tremendous job.
I dont need draftexpress for the teams I watch a lot, but for guys like Kris Dunn and Kevon Looney and Frank Kaminsky the videos are really valuable.
Without their videos in front of me I would say the following:
Dunn: very quick, good passer, good athlete, long, struggles with shot/ turnovers
Looney: good rebounder, good length and athleticism, tweener (3/4) Offense is work in progress
Frank: Good shooter, 7 footer, good passer, needs to improve strength, bad on D
Those I think are OK scout reports but, a lot of it was based on stuff Id heard and some I pulled out of my ass (it just seems like Frank is probably a good passer so boom! I put it down) I think the DX videos allow me to much better understand the strengths and weaknesses of these guys.