07-22-2021, 12:39 AM
(07-21-2021, 09:01 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: It wouldn´t be a talent downgrade. For some reason you are only mentioning the good examples. Not the majority of players in the late first round that never panned out. if you want to make a case for the value of the pick you have to go with the average or median. Not the once in a lifetime outlier.
Brunson for example was a great pick. Top 20 player in his draft class. Easily better than the average player that is drafted in the mid/late first round.
https://www.82games.com/nbadraftpicks.htm
https://www.82games.com/barzilai1.htm
He has a point about a GM believing in a player.
If you are sure the player is that good, you don't go with the average worth of a pick.
My problem was that nothing is indicating you have to vastly overpay for a late pick this year.
The opposite is the case, there are teams with not much room and multiple picks.