we're kinda good with picking from the 9-12 range... second pick gives you a tons of pressure which guides you into a psychosis and delusional thoughts. this way, you just need to filter out who is the best after the 8th spot and life is good, while other organisations with high picks just finished their fly over the cuckoo's nest. and when suns pick that smith guy, pistons pick hayes or some possible mental busts like zion or sexton you will end up as a draft winner. ok, i rooted for hayes but hey, i'm not paid a penny for evaluating anyone, nor possessing a platinum synergy account.
even if you blew a pick, it's a late lottery so it doesn't hurt that much.
speaking of which, maybe its time to finally visit some pink shirts game, there's a new nikola ̶j̶o̶k̶i̶ć̶ jović there and most of the early mocks puts him in the lottery...