I've said it before, but the first pick in the draft is a super expensive lottery ticket.
Yeah, you have more chances to win, but I think the cost has outstripped the value.
If if it was worth the money then you would see more teams willing to trade up to get it. It seems the last few years teams that have wanted to trade it haven't found any takers. So either teams with the #1 are asking way too much, or it costs way too much to sign the #1. Probably a bit of both, but I think it is more of the latter
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