12-15-2025, 12:21 PM
(12-15-2025, 11:47 AM)mvossman Wrote: I would take Risacher and the 27 pick (worse of NOP and MIL top 4 protected) which could easily be lottery.
I agree with people that say that overall draft quality can sometimes be misjudged, more specifically weaker draft. Usually though that is a result of great/good players going unrecognized like in 2013 with #10 McCollum, #12 Adams, #15 Giannis, #17 Schroeder, #24 THJ, #27 Gobert. Problem is that the draft is judged on the perceived top talent and that is usually judged correctly. In 2013 the top 7 were all poor, except Oladipo. 2027 much like 2024 is supposed to be weak at the top.
Furthermore I have to know whether Risacher is elite defensively, cause otherwise his only interesting number is #1 pick.
If they intentionally screw up their draft odds and trade AD anyway, might as well get Trae Young back with the Cavs 2026 pick (via Hawks).