When just taking a quick glance at the NBA draft and its process, things seem pretty straightforward in comparison to the drafts in other sports.
Players are evaluated, and based on those evaluations, they will go up and down on teams' boards until the day of the draft itself comes. It's pretty standard stuff.
But unlike in other sports, where you can see players such as Tom Brady come from the sixth round of the draft and turn into one of the greatest players of all time, there isn’t much value outside of the lottery picks in the NBA.
Since 1970, only three players have won the MVP who were taken outside of the top 10 in the draft: Julius Erving, who went at No. 12, Karl Malone, who went at No. 13 and Steve Nash, who went at No. 15.
That’s it.
It is why the story of a player who develops from a low first-round pick into a superstar captures the attention of the media like it does. It just doesn’t happen every year.
If it is going to happen in 2015, these are the players most likely ...
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Article written by Daniel Rogers