#1hiphopjunki3
Go Spurs Go!!
Every year, it seems, a narrative builds that a weak NBA Draft class is looming. This year is no different.
In December, Jeremy Woo of Sports Illustrated, one of the most respected mock draft evaluators out there, wrote a piece entitled 'How the Worst NBA Draft in Years Could Impact the Trade Deadline.' Kevin O'Connor of The Ringer, also a well-regarded draft forecaster, wrote how it isn't necessarily a weak class, but it does lack high-end talent. There are other articles which suggest the same.
We seem to hear some variation of this every year, yet every year the NBA Draft produces multiple All-Star players and almost every class includes a future Hall of Famer or two. One could argue every draft class is varying degrees of good. They just get judged too much by the players who get selected at the top.
Consider this: every draft class since 2000 (excluding this year's because it's too early) has had at least two All-Stars. In the 18 drafts from 2000 to 2018, all but one class has had three or more All-Stars. Fourteen of those 18 drafts have produced at least four. And nine of them - so, half - had at least five All-Stars.
In December, Jeremy Woo of Sports Illustrated, one of the most respected mock draft evaluators out there, wrote a piece entitled 'How the Worst NBA Draft in Years Could Impact the Trade Deadline.' Kevin O'Connor of The Ringer, also a well-regarded draft forecaster, wrote how it isn't necessarily a weak class, but it does lack high-end talent. There are other articles which suggest the same.
We seem to hear some variation of this every year, yet every year the NBA Draft produces multiple All-Star players and almost every class includes a future Hall of Famer or two. One could argue every draft class is varying degrees of good. They just get judged too much by the players who get selected at the top.
Consider this: every draft class since 2000 (excluding this year's because it's too early) has had at least two All-Stars. In the 18 drafts from 2000 to 2018, all but one class has had three or more All-Stars. Fourteen of those 18 drafts have produced at least four. And nine of them - so, half - had at least five All-Stars.
