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Originally Posted by moon
Drafting a lot has to do with their being not much available at his pick but still can't think of one good pick, maybe Valcunias but that seems doubtful so far.
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Sorry to single out just one line from a post that makes some good points, but to suggest that Valanciunas is not a very good pick is just insane to me. Seriously, the guy just set a rookie record for best true shooting percentage amongst starting centres (a list in which #2-#5 belongs to Robinson, M. Gasol, Mourning, and O'Neal; and Valanciunas did it at a younger age than any of those guys), ended the season with a 11.5 pts, 7.5 rbs rookie of the month award. Look at the five guys drafted after him (Vesely, Biyombo, Knight, Walker, Fredette); I'd say he's already ahead of any of those guys despite playing one less season (except maybe Walker who has a green light to run up stats on tanking team), and certainly projects to be a far superior player to any of them. I wouldn't trade him for any player in that entire draft class except for Irving and possibly Leonard. (Could maybe make an argument for Faried or Klay Thompson, but I wouldn't do it.)