This is Keldon Johnson erasure.

RJ is the first of that class to hit 8000 pts.

If someone were to tell you that the 2020 class would be astronomically better than 2019 you would be downvoted to oblivion and laughed at.

I still remember there was someone downvoted to oblivion for saying lamelo was a first round pick

RJ barett is above EV as far as third picks go. Most lottery picks flame out quick.

The Celtics traded Romeo Langford for Derrick White, who might be a better player than anybody on this list.

Undrafted from this class includes Dean Wade, Naz Reid, Max Strus, Caleb Martin and Lu Dort, BTW.

Garland has struggled at times, but he has played almost eighty percent of his team’s games.  He was in the All-NBA conversation and was traded for an All-NBA, future HOFer so I imagine he would go number one in a redraft.

it’s not JPs fault Draymond punched him damn lmao

Poor Cam. I thought he would at the very least turn out to be a serviceable role player.

I thought Sekou Doumbouya was going to be a hidden gem for Detroit

god damn we drafted Chuma Okeke 16th in that draft. He never, ever looked like an NBA player, always looked like some athletic dude who’d been shown the ropes but never played before

Does Herro end up having the best career out of all these guys?

Poole won a ring btw lmao

Herro was a great pick. Allstar last season. Yes injuries, but “doing bad” is a joke dude

I blame it on Zion and Ja. Both incredible generational talent. But both unbelievably distracted from court. If either of them had the dedication level of Mike Conley, not to mention MJ or Kobe, they should be HoF material

Yeah I never want to hear anything about “weak drsft class” again

The things I heard about the 2024 class was crazy, people were saying it was 2000 level

Reality is no one fucking knows so trading a 2024 first for Jakob poeltl (when your team 10th in the east) is a jabari Smith jr type decision

jason hayes

éric paschal was a second round pick gng

RJ is having a very good career.

Doing this in the way you did it instead of in chronological order of where they got drafted and comparing their output with their draft pick is so hard to follow

Constantly in soft rebuild I think looks more like the Kings who are tanking for the first time ever, not the team that’s been to two finals this decade…

Between Zion, Ja, Brandon Clarke (does he EVER play?), Garland, and Herro a lot of the story of this draft is guys just being unavailable for serial injuries or other issues.

Guys like Keldon Johnson and RJ Barrett stand out for being useful and consistently able to play.

It’s honestly tough to say exactly where it lands, but it’s definitely up there in the top 10 most disappointing for sure. When u look at the hype Zion and Ja had commbined with how things actually turned out, its pretty wild. Zions always hurt and Ja got his own issues, so the class feels way worse than ppl expected it to be in yr one. A lot of the top 10 lik Jarrett Culver or Cam Reddish just didn’t pan out at all, which is crazy for a draft that was supposed to be “generational.” Honestly, if it wasn’t for some of those late picks and undrafted guys faciliatating the depth, it’d probably be the worst since 2000, but 2013 draft is still worse so yeah its not that bad. Still this draft is full of sucessful NBA starters and maybe fringeAll-Stars.

I think there are 20 players in this draft who can have solid careers, I think this class is better or on par with NBa draft 2013??

Is anyone else kind of freaking out at the realization that Ja was drafted 6 months before covid?

Definitely up there as the most disappointing class in recent memory. A lot of people hyped up this top 3 as the future superstars of the NBA, yet Zion and Ja can’t stop getting out of their own way and RJ is good but nothing special. Herro and Garland are probably the best of this class in hindsight, which is just pathetic relative to what was expected.

We will always have that unbelievable hype for Zion Williamson.

Romeo shoulda stayed in school

Your comments about rui and jaxson Hayes, the two players I pay attention to, tell me all I need to know about this list. It’s utter crap.

„Jordan Poole got punched in the face and is playing poorly now“ lol

Zion is starting to beast.. Don’t dismiss what’s going on right now… Consistency from his health is all that he needs. Now he needs a good team… Who is his point guard? Jordan pool? Post Achilles digante Murray?

Watch they’re going to get a good pick in the draft hopefully and then start their upswing just like the hornets

This draft is disappointing especially since so many guys were injured and they definitely have old school non productive busts as well. Compared to the drafts around it shits weak but it’s not 2013 or 2000 level bad lol

can someone explain to me what happened with Jarrett Culver? I remember he came to the grizzlies like 2 seasons after being drafted, and despite not knowing who he was I thought he must have a ton of upside since he was drafted 6th overall. then I saw him on the court… I genuinely have seen very few other players that have looked that lost. it’s like someone explained to him what basketball was for the first time before every game. just no read for the game at all, on any level. his assist to turnover ratio is almost 1:1, how does someone like this manage to fool GM’s into going 6th in the draft? i’ve always found it weird reddish was the one people saw as the big bust from that draft, when the guy that went 4 picks before him was THAT bad.

Holy fuck I forgot Jarrett Culver even existed. Him and De’Andre Hunter had a hype face off in the NCAA Championship game as their team’s do-it-all elite defensive wing player.

Hunter hasn’t exactly lit the world on fire but at least has a decent NBA career. Culver was so bad he was almost completely out of the rotation by his second season.

Romeo Langford was a surprise for me

So glad the wolves first round pick Naz Reid turned out to be such a great rotation player. Unfortunately our undrafted free agent Jarrett Culver didn’t pan out despite showing promise in college.

I think we’re all forgetting about Grant Williams, obvious hall-of-famer

I get he’s not going to be HOF level but that feels like a bad take on Coby White. He’s not inefficient, has a TS of 57-60% from 2022 until now, which is by definition quite efficient.

He’s not just a one way player either, he gives effort and hustles on D. One way implies he’s a traffic cone or doesn’t try and that’s just not the case.

Nunn was undrafted…

Saying Zion Williamson isn’t putting up great stats is a lie, is he top 25? No, but he’s been averaging 20+ on 55+% from the field when he does play, one of the few people to do that in this era while taking basically no threes

Its wild that Zion still has the highest VORP out of that class.

Gafford with the most win shares is crazy work lol

Isn’t Kendrick Nunn doing quite well for himself in the Euroleague? Someone please fill me in, I have no idea myself. I remember asking chatgpt for a list of the best euroloeague PG’s and his name came up

I never saw it with Zion. Thought the hype was crazy. There has never been a more obvious case of a player whose body would not work in the NBA and everybody just ignored it.

Idk. This is definitely blown out of proportion. They have multiple all-stars and at least 1 all-nba selection. Herro looks good coming back and so does Garland. There are definitely way worse classes. Most draft classes have hits, misses and role players.

Out of that entire class I think Barrett is the only good player? Maybe Poole only because he won with the Warriors? Damn man

none of those players are worth anything and the very few that are still in the league have negative trade value