NBA Draft Results 2016: Easy-to-Read Grades, Picks for All 30 NBA Teams

June 25th, 2016 by Adam Wells Leave a reply »

The 2016 NBA draft turned out to be memorable in many ways, especially with how it unfolded after Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram came off the board with the first two picks.

This year's class was viewed with a lot of uncertainty. Simmons and Ingram are the safest bets to at least become quality starters for the next decade. Other players such as Kris Dunn and Buddy Hield have tremendous potential, but at least one major flaw in their game lowers their ceiling. 

Every team believes it took the necessary steps toward winning a championship on Thursday, though some fared better than others. 

Here are the full results, grades and biggest takeaways from the 2016 draft.



2016 NBA Draft Grades

Best Pick: Dejounte Murray to San Antonio

Since not enough good things have happened to the San Antonio Spurs over the last two decades, they played the board perfectly by falling to Dejounte Murray with the 29th pick. 

Murray will have the luxury of learning behind Tony Parker and/or Manu Ginobili for at least one year while he gets acclimated to the NBA before ta ...

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