As he proved in the NBA Finals, Thompson was athletic enough to help swing the Finals with his energy on the boards and ability to switch out onto the perimeter. He was never a star career averages of 9. At pick no. Though it'd be tempting to select Isaiah Thomas - the future All-NBA guard the Kings selected with the 60th pick back in - Sacramento goes with the ever-consistent big man, Nikola Vucevic.
Over his past six seasons, the USC product has averaged Vucevic's availability edges him over IT, whose career has been hampered by injuries. One of the ultimate chip on his shoulder players, Isaiah Thomas jumps from being Mr. Irrelevant pick no. Had he not suffered a career-altering hip injury in the season, he may have gone even higher in the re-draft as he was good enough to finish fifth in the MVP vote Harris is a good, not great wing, who can get buckets He'll always leave you wanting a little more out of him, but not every player has the mentality necessary to be a star in the NBA.
He's only 28 years old, so he should submit another couple of prime years - especially if he continues to extend his shooting range to the three-point line he attempted a career high 1. The Bucks, who swapped this pick in , sending Jimmer Fredette to the Kings, land themselves a consistent big man for their future. While the Morris twins and Enes Kanter are decent value here, neither would fit into the Warriors culture, but Bojan Bogdanovic sure would.
Bogdanovic would probably have gone in the top if it weren't for the fact that he spent the next three seasons after being drafted in Turkey before coming to the NBA in His underrated offensive ability After a slower start, Morris has averaged a very solid He's the ideal bigger three-and-D player who can slide between small forwards and power forwards on defense.
While things ended on a sour note with the Suns, Markieff enjoyed arguably the best season of his career there in , when he averaged In this re-draft alternate reality, perhaps the Suns never acquire Marcus Morris from the Rockets, and thus, never have an opportunity to screw over the Morris twins by negotiating a combo contract, only to trade both shortly thereafter.
Unfortunately, Parsons promising career fell apart due to a number of knee injuries, and, most recently, a scary car accident that may have ended his career for good. The Rockets nabbed Parsons in the second round back in , they'll draft him here at the end of the lottery, and likely be able to retain for a few more years than they did the first time around.
With Kawhi off the board, let's assume the Spurs aren't willing to make that deal again, so instead, the Pacers will select the best point guard available, Brandon Knight.
For those that just did a double-take, remember that Knight was considered a decent prospect the first five years of his career before injuries got in the way he averaged Much like Hill, Knight could have provided the soon-to-be contending Pacers some solid offensive play and steady production for a number of years so long as he stayed healthy.
But don't feel bad for the 76ers, they didn't realize what they had in Vucevic as they traded him after his rookie season. In Kanter, the Sixers get an excellent offensive player Kanter's career per stats: Who can ever forget Billy Donovan's infamous "Can't play Kanter" remark to himself on the sidelines in ? New York Knicks - Kenneth Faried 22 Original Pick: Iman ShumpertKenneth Faried, Markieff Morris and Chandler Parsons have all had similar career arcs - they all started out looking like high-level role players, or even future All-Stars, and all have largely disappointed in recent years.
Faried's drop-off from age 27 to 30 has been pretty staggering, though it mostly relates to his poor defense. Through his first five seasons, Faried averaged Last season, he played in China.
I was down. At one point, Gasol, a year NBA veteran who is only 35, says he could barely get up and down the stairs at his house. The loss of taste and smell, that happened too.
He at least appears to be taking the difficulties in stride, cracking jokes at his own expense. The Lakers will also now have the option of taking things even slower with Gasol. They will reportedly be giving his spot in the starting lineup to new signing Andre Drummond , allowing them the option to bring Gasol off the bench. Now, that does mean that between Drummond, Gasol, Montrezl Harrell and Anthony Davis — the last of whom mostly in the postseason — the Lakers are pretty crowded at center, which has led to whispers in the league that Gasol could get bought out via Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report :.
Now maybe Gasol asks out. The Lakers might do right by him in that case, they tend to do those favors, historically. Gasol may be needed, cheap depth at that point. But beyond all those future concerns, the team has also not given any indication publicly that waiving Gasol is in the cards, and while this could be posturing, or just plain optimism, it seems like Vogel is actually excited to have multiple types of weapons at center right now:.
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