In a number of ways, the NBA draft is a guessing game.
In the most obvious sense, selecting a player requires some guessing. Yes, some prospects make an obvious case. Other times, it’s not as clear. That’s exactly why plenty of teams have lived to regret a decision they made in the draft.
On the other hand, guessing where teams will land in the draft can be a guessing game too. Ahead of any given NBA season, we make assumptions about how certain teams will perform.
Just like prospects, teams can exceed and fall short of expectations.
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Just ask the Golden State Warriors. At 4-7, they’ve fallen fell short of expectations thus far. Meanwhile, they also thought James Wiseman was the best big man in the 2020 NBA Draft.
As it turns out, it was probably Onyeka Onkongwu. Here’s a deal that has the Warriors landing him.