The 17th draft was overrated! The top five picks were three parallel imports, and the Green Army became the big winner
There are a lot of draft years in the NBA, but there are not many of them in the end, take the past 3 draft years, the 18th met expectations, the performance of the 21st was disappointing, and the 17th draft did not meet expectations, the 21st is still young after all, they still have a chance, but the 17th season is already the seventh year of their career, what is the height of a player, now we can see, then let's talk about the top five drafts of this year, how are their quality?
Fifth pick Fox
Fox is one of the best athletic backcourt in this year, his original draft template was Wei Shao, if it is put aside in other draft years, his talent may become the existence of the top three picks, but this year is a "draft year" after all, so he fell to the fifth pick and was taken by the King, and the King is also interesting enough, seeing that Fox's talent is so good, they also gave up Cousins and fully corrected Fox.
After a long wait, it finally did not disappoint the Kings, now Fox has become an All-Star, and also won a Best Key Player Award, he has the opportunity to win more honors in the future, this season Fox can average 26.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 2 steals per game, if Fox can improve his leadership temperament in the future, then he will be even better, and the Kings will be able to achieve better results.
Fourth overall pick Josh Jackson
Josh Jackson's draft template that year was Chris Bosh, his talent was extremely optimistic back then, but because he was a thorn off the court, he failed to become the top three picks, and the Suns saw that the top three picks were not selected, and they also chose to use the No. 4 pick to get Jackson, in his rookie season, Jackson averaged 25 minutes per game to score 13 points and 4 rebounds, his talent is undoubted, but because of the thorn problem, he was quickly sent to the Grizzlies by the Suns.
After joining the Pistons in the Grizzlies, he played the best performance of his career in the Pistons, averaging 13.4 points, 4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 25 minutes per game.
Third pick Tatum
Tatum's draft template that year was Anthony, speaking of Tatum, we have to mention the deal between the Green Army and the 76ers, when the Celtics had already taken a fancy to Tatum during the trial, but at that time, Fultz and Brother Ball had basically stabilized the top two picks, so they didn't want to use the top pick to select Tatum, so they found the 76ers who were afraid of being cut off by the Lakers to complete a deal, and they sent the top pick to get the 76ers' probe and a first-round pick.
In the end, Tatum came to the Celtics, under the cultivation of the Green Army, Tatum has led the Green Army to the division finals many times, and also reached the Finals in 22 years, he has not missed the playoffs in his career, and is now a top 10 player in the league, averaging 27.1 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal per game this season, the Green Army can be said to be the biggest winner of this draft, they not only got the best player, but also won a future first-round pick.
Second in line
Brother Qiu's draft template is Kidd and Magic, because Brother Qiu is a traditional point guard's style of play, so Magic likes him very much, after getting Brother Qiu with the list of eyes, they sent Russell away next, completely correcting Brother Qiu, and Brother Qiu If it is in the traditional basketball era, he is estimated to be very good, but now is the era of small ball, Brother Qiu has no offensive ability with the ball, so he can only be a blue-collar worker, so the Magic used him as a trading chip in exchange for thick eyebrows.
After that, Brother Qiu came to the Bulls, although he failed to become a star, but he also became a top blue-collar worker by relying on his excellent defensive ability and spatial ability, but Brother Qiu is also very unlucky, he frequently suffers major injuries, and has been absent for two years now, and the outside world thinks that Brother Qiu no longer has the ability to play in the professional league, and it will be watery, even if he comes back, I am afraid it will not work, it is a pity.
First pick Fultz
If it weren't for the injury, to be honest, Fultz would definitely be worthy of the top pick, his draft template is Harden and Curry, with Harden's singles ability and organizational ability, as well as Curry's projection, such an outstanding talent, isn't it very reasonable for Fox to fall to the fifth pick? Obviously, yes, but Fultz has YIP, a strange disease in which muscles can't remember to shoot, and it is because of this strange disease that he ruined him.
He didn't play in the 76ers, he was sent to the Magic, in the Magic he finally improved, but suffered a major injury, and now he has been reduced to a blue-collar role, it is impossible to catch up with the high hopes of himself, this season Fultz can average 7.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal per game, he has the talent to chase history, it's a pity. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about these five players?