Bucks: Ty Lawson. Kelly Olynyk - Olynyk averaged 18.1 points and 7.3 rebounds in his last season at Gonzaga showing off offensive prowess that had him in conversations for the top pick at one point. If they could have unlocked his ability early on, we may have been looking at a more productive Nerlens Noel. This means there were arguably 22 better choices than Darko, including the likes of Luke Walton. Chip went with CJ McCollum while Geoff chose Victor Oladipo.Geoff cited Oladipo’s excellent 2017-18 season in which the former Indiana guard was an All-Defensive selection, an All-NBA selection, and steals champ. Coming out of Indiana, Zeller was touted as the best big man in the country, but the college game gave us a small sample size. Conversely, he was an elite-athlete with ball-handling skills that were rare for his size. Furthermore, just two years later the Golden State Warriors would send the entire center position into retirement anyway, so the Zeller pick was a bust. This was just a few years before the transition to “positionless” basketball so we’ll give them a pass on missing out on this dynamic guard. He also considered himself a point-guard that spoke to his versatility yet he also knew where his game was lacking. With a quick first step and ball-handling he commands the pick-and-roll action. Scouts said he needed to fill out in his frame and improve his game and he did just that. You would think that this draft held superstars galore knowing that, however, ahead of the soon to be MVP went one of the greatest draft busts in NBA history, Anthony Bennett. Nerlens Noel - Noel had huge talent on the defensive side of the ball coming out of Kentucky. A better route would have been to go get Indiana’s Victor Oladipo and avoid the massive John Wall contract, but this was four years prior and wouldn’t have made sense at the time. Coming into the league at just 19 years old he had to grow his game like any other player, but he was a talented guard nonetheless.

Yet for a team lacking in recent success, I’m not surprised that they had a hard time developing talent (see also: Stanley Johnson, Luke Kennard, Henry Ellenson, Thon Maker). Steven Adams - He’s been a rock for OKC and I am convinced he would’ve been one anywhere he was drafted. - Page 12 The 2013 NBA Draft … Looking back at the 2013 NBA Draft, there were a ton of prospects coming into the league that changed the landscape (and at least one or two that were supposed to). There were questions about his ceiling since he was 23 yrs old coming out of college, but Plumlee is a solid pro. He isn’t an elite athlete but he is a grinder and one of those locker room guys you’d rather have on your team than in your face. 2013 NBA re-Draft. His offensive game has come into fruition as of recent years but this wasn’t the case coming out of the draft. Also, this was against the Kings so it wasn’t anything comparable to a break-out game. Burke, on the other hand, was just waived from his fifth team. They are under the garbage bin and hindsight means nothing. The PnRs alone would have been absolutely deadly. 29. 2013 NBA Re-Draft . Everything he was praised for in his scouting report he has built on while adding a reliable outside shot and more. The Trail Blazers selected him with the No. He is … In a re-draft done by Bleacher Report, they have the Sixers selecting Dennis Schroder who was selected 17th overall in the real draft by the Atlanta Hawks.. B/R on Schroder: Schroder has the fourth-highest career scoring total and leads all 2013 picks in assists, but he slides outside the top 10 because his stellar counting stats have often been short on substance.