The NBA draft is a beast of its own. Across the internet, you’ll find basketball fans who can tell you in great detail about 16-year-olds more easily than they can players who are currently in the NBA. 

The draft may be fun to follow, but it also certainly attracts its share of self-fashioned intellectuals. That makes sense. In a sense, those following the draft are putting faith in their own ability to predict the future. 

Sometimes, even the experts get it wrong. 

Even then, there are varying degrees of wrongness. The history of the draft is littered with players who were high selections, only to barely make NBA careers for themselves.

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At the same time, some lottery picks end up being productive players who still fall somewhat short of pre-draft expectations. 

Ben Simmons and Kristaps Porzingis probably both fit that description. Could they find themselves involved in a trade for each other this summer?