Frank Burlison

(Los Angeles, California, USA), is the National Basketball Columnist and a Basketball Analyst for Scout.com Network. His opinion on high school and college players is one of the most respected in the country and he is frequently in communication with some of the NBA's most respected people in the front office. For Scout.com, Burlison currently focuses on college basketball, recruiting, and the NBA Draft. Prior to his induction into the United States Basketball Writers Hall of Fame in April of 2005, Frank worked for the Fox Sports Network as a National College Basketball columnist, covering a gamut of college basketball and the NBA Draft. Over the years, Frank has scouted, analyzed and wrote about 95 percent of the all players currently in the NBA. Frank evaluated some of the great stars in the making at the high school level, including Magic Johnson, Isaiah Thomas, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade. Many of his career highlights include covering The Final Four and the U.S. Olympic Basketball team. Frank started his illustrious career in high school as a professional sports writer for the Long Beach, California Press-Telegram in 1973.