06-20-2026, 02:32 PM
(06-20-2026, 02:18 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Re: DSJ: We had good enough scouting at that time that there’s no excuse in retrospect that we didn’t draft Mitchell - by trade down, sure, if that would have been the most prudent way to do it. But of course if we did that we’d have never gotten Luka.
https://www.nba.com/news/2017-consensus-mock-draft
Wasn't the narrative in 2017. DSJ narrative was comparable to Brown this year. Consensus top 10 pick that might drop because of injury concerns (ACL tear in highschool, resulting in knee issues in college). Mitchell wasn't in the same tier. Mock drafts had him in the 11-14 range.
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