Welpee wrote:Knixkik wrote:Welpee wrote:Didn't they say 2015 was such a deep draft? How's that turning out?
It's still early but that draft was very good. Towns and Porzingis are possible franchise players, already all-stars. Booker and Turner have star potential and guys like Russell and a few others still have pretty good upside. A couple busts, but that's every draft.
Couple of busts? Yeah it still early but: 2 of the first 3 picks have already been traded. Hezonia, Johnson, Cauley-Stein, Mudiay, Winslow, Kaminsky have been disappointments, and this is just off the top of my head. Almost every year leading up to a draft we hear about all the studs on the board, later to learn it didn't work out that way.But like you said, there's time for some if these guys to find there niche.
Yeah...the top 10 for 2015 is spotty, but I still use the 5 year rule, and we have 2 more seasons to go.
I have to note that many of the players who Phil didn't take, had fans on UK, and at least so far, KP is looking like a very solid pick, who I believe is still only playing at about 60-70% of what he will eventually be as a player.
Hezonja, Mudiay, Johnson, Frank K, Stein, and Winslow have all underperformed, and while they have time to improve, I don't think any will be better than KP in the long run.
These drafts are crap shoots. I know that I seem to have overrated 2015. Maybe it ends up as a very good draft, the the mediocrity of the top 10 so far, except for Towns and KP, is rather strange for a draft that some considered special.
EnySpree: Can we agree to agree not to mention Phil Jackson and triangle for the rest of our lives?