Russillo: “I heard from 8 teams…I had another guy say it’s like starting the draft at 10th. Then I asked somebody else, give me comps. He was essentially saying this is like Derek Lively or Tobias Harris being the No. 1 pick in the draft.”
by Xnanorome
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and that’s exactly why i’m ok with someone like Reed Sheepard with a relatively low ceiling. if there are no players with all-nba upside, take one that does a few things (that we need) very well
In the last decade, a third of the MVPs were outside the top 10 and half were outside the top 5. If you count by number of MVP years, 5/10 years were won by players drafted out of the top 10 and 7/10 were won by players outside the top 5. It’s not a weak draft for talent, it’s a hard draft for identifying the top players.
This is why the Rockets should draft need not best if they keep their pick. The Rockets don’t need another wing. They need a guard or centre.