Race to the Bottom thread

gunks said:
#1 overall pick seems scary this draft. Everyone is saying Peterson is the second coming, bona fide superstar prospect, Kobe 2.0 etc....

But the injury concerns are legit. Nobody wants to draft the next Oden, but flip side is potentially passing on a future 35ppg player.

Perry seems to have a knack for identifying young talent, so I'm happy with a top 5 pick this draft. I might even be happy with wheeling and dealing down if we do get top 3 but our guy identifies somebody just as good a few picks lower. Consensus seems to be that there's at least 6-7 potential cornerstones this draft.
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The most successful example of this in recent history was Boston trading the #1 pick to Philadelphia in 2017 so they could pick Jayson Tatum at #3. The Sixers took Markelle Fultz with that #1 pick and he turned out to be one of the biggest first overall pick busts in league history. The Lakers took Lonzo Ball at #2 who was at least a pretty solid starter until that never-ending string of injuries ruined his career. Point being -- it's not the worst idea to trade down a couple spots if you know who the other teams are going to pick and the guy you want will still be there on the board. But it's risky considering you will be forever blamed if it doesn't work out (Atlanta trading down two spots to take Trae Young at #5 instead of drafting Luka at #3 in 2018, for example).
 
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