Not all NBA drafts unfold according to plan.
Teams vacillate between potential choices. They consider moving up in the order. They consider moving down. They try consolidating picks, hoping to acquire a superstar.
Seldom do most—or even some—of the most popular surprise scenarios come to fruition, but such scenarios are still possible.
Thus, it's our responsibility as loyal hoops addicts to cycle through any possible draft-day curveballs, however unlikely, that would make the biggest lasting impacts on the June 23 proceedings and/or the resulting NBA landscape.
Sixers Reach for Kris Dunn at No. 1
Kris Dunn to the Philadelphia 76ers? Over Brandon Ingram or Ben Simmons? Preposterous.
Or maybe not.
"Dunn is a super-athletic point guard in the mold of John Wall," Bleacher Report's Ric Bucher said. "He's exactly what the 76ers need and would be a great fit. They just don't have the gumption, I'm told by league sources, to take him No. 1, even though the feeling is he could ultimately be the best player among the three."
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