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If the 2021 draft could be redone with todays knowledge, who should be the Top-5 picks? (alien.top)
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The first 20 picks in 2021 were:

  1. Cade Cunningham

  2. Jalen Green

  3. Evan Mobley

  4. Scottie Barnes

  5. Jalen Suggs

  6. Josh Giddey

  7. Jonathan Kuminga

  8. Franz Wagner

  9. Davion Mitchell

  10. Ziaire Williams

  11. James Bouknight

  12. Joshua Primo

  13. Chris Duarte

  14. Moses Moody

  15. Corey Kispert

  16. Alperen Sengün

  17. Trey Murphy III

  18. Tre Mann

  19. Kai Jones

  20. Jalen Johnson

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[–] TurnoverNegative7@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (8 children)

This is a draft that was really strong at first but has fallen off a bit. It's only year 3 so it's only going to get better, but some of the players that felt like budding superstars haven't had that development yet.

  1. Cade Cunningham : slightly disappointing
  2. Jalen Green : slightly disappointing
  3. Evan Mobley : Hit
  4. Scottie Barnes : Hit
  5. Jalen Suggs : disappointing (turning it around lately?)
  6. Josh Giddey : Karl Malone
  7. Jonathan Kuminga : disappointing
  8. Franz Wagner: steal
  9. Davion Mitchell : disappointing
  10. Ziare Williams : solid? (haven't seen any grizzlies games this year)
  11. James Bouknight : bust
  12. Joshua Primo : bust + weirdo
  13. Christ Duarte : solid
  14. Moses Moody : solid
  15. Corey Kispert : solid
  16. Alperen Sengun : steal
  17. Trey Murphy III : solid
  18. Tre Mann : Miss (?)
  19. Kai Jones : Bust
  20. Jalen Johnson : Hit

As for top 5, I'd say

  1. Wagner

  2. Sengun

  3. Barnes

  4. Mobley

  5. Cunningham/Green

[–] Bail____@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Suggs hasn’t even been that disappointing, he started being impactful last season & you could really see the trajectory he’s on now.

The shooting leap if it sticks around was a little surprising but he’s going to be a star.

[–] Frankiedrunkie@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He was actually shooting very well after the old star break last season, he was shooting 36 percent from 3.

[–] floatersforalgernon@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ziare is not even close to being solid. Duarte sucks. Suggs is definitely not a disappointment. And Sengun is more than a steal. For fuck sake, you use steal when you find a role player in late draft. Sengun is a legitimate star candidate and franchise player. Other than obvious points, most of your draft analysis sucks shit. Why do people who don't watch the games make lists?

[–] Vandelay23@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Why are you so upset over this?

[–] LogDogan4@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think there's anything slight about Cade

[–] KKamm_@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He had a promising rookie season and start to his second season. Hasn’t looked great since the injury though

[–] LogDogan4@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I don't think either were particularly promising tbh.

[–] IsaacDPOYFultzMIP@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Suggs is playing absolutely solid right now. He’s playing exactly how he was envisioned when he was drafted and even the efficiency seems to be coming along (57% TS)

[–] nerdeagle2@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Saying Cade has only been slightly disappointing is not realizing how bad he has been

[–] TokyoUmbrella@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Bruh, Duarte is getting garbage minutes and playing even worse this year. He’s not solid, by any means.

[–] nikop@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Putting Duarte and Murphy in the same category is laughable and makes the rest of your list worthless.

[–] TheOtherSide999@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Karl Malone lmao

[–] katielin-nextdoor@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Not as bad as Karl Malone, but not a good luck