(The original text was published on September 14, and the authors are Scott Sporting and Kyle Irving of the Rafferty News website. The content of the article does not represent the translator’s point of view)
The quality of the 2010 draft was a good one in recent years. Simmons, Ingram and Jay Brown were all very optimistic before the draft. Of course, there were some other new players in the lottery area who were looked down at at that time, and several teams successfully found the leak with relatively low signing positions. For example, the Raptors chose siakham on 27th in sequence, dezhantai-Murray on 29th in Spurs, and the stag missed Brogden on 36th in sequence. Oh, by the way, there are also fanfrit, Gary Peyton II and Caruso who participated in the draft conference in 2016.
Six years later, most of the newcomers in 2016 entered the peak of their career, making it very interesting to rearrange this draft at this time point. Scott Sporting and Kelly Irving of the News website completed this task on Rafferty. The standard focuses more on the current strength of the players than the real needs of the teams at that time. The following is the result of the 2016 draft rearranged:
Champion: Jay-Brown (76 people in Philadelphia)
Original Choice: Ben Simmons
Kyle Irving: If 76 people are given a new choice, it is hard to believe that they will choose any player other than Jay Brown. Brown has everything required by a champion show, which is no worse than Simmons, CICAM and Ingram. The Celts chose Jay Brown in the flower exploration position, so they also suffered a lot of criticism. At the beginning, Brown was considered to be an offensive player with limited ability, and there were still many things to be improved to become the top three consecutive rookie. However, in the six years after entering NBA, Brown has been growing up as a high ranking rookie and is now the most excellent flank player in the league. Brown has played the Eastern finals four times and has also reached the NBA finals this year. In the past two seasons, Brown can score 24.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists. With excellent explosive force, dry jump shots have become more and more sharp. Considering the potential of the combination of brown and enbide, I am not sure which player will be a better leader than Brown and more suitable for the 76-member all-star center partner enbide.
Ranking: Brandon Ingram (Los Angeles Lakers)
Original Choice: Brandon-Ingram
Scott Rafferty: you can’t be wrong to choose Ingram, CICAM and Simmons as the second best player in the team, and now he has been selected into the best team twice. Although Simmons has defects, he is also one of the best defenders in all stars and NBA all year round. In the end, I think Ingram is still the best candidate, because I think he is still the most potential among the three. Ingram has been selected as an all-star, and has made great progress as a scorer and organizer in the past few seasons. All of these were fully displayed in the series of Pelican and sun in the first round of this year’s playoffs. Ingram scored 27 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists. If 25-year-old Ingram continues to break through himself on the basis of today, he is likely to eventually become the strongest player in this draft.
Flower exploration: pascarl-cyacam (Celts)
Original Choice: Jay-Brown
Kyle Irving: siacam can be said to be the highest achievement of this rookie so far. In my opinion, there is no need to worry about rearranging the talent show and putting him in the position of exploring flowers. Scott Rafferty has already mentioned that siacam is the second best player in the champion Raptors team, and he has been selected into the best team twice. Siacam played the best performance in his career this season, with an average of 22.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists, and was selected as the best team for three times. From the relatively unknown player when he first entered the league (No. 27 draft in 2016), he has grown into one of the best players in the league. The success process of siacam seems a little incredible. You can even say that siacam is one of the fastest-growing players in the league after entering the league, including MVP players such as jokiki and alphabet brother.
4th sequence: Ben-Simmons (Sun)
Original Choice: Dragan-Bendel
Scott Rafferty: of course, Simmons’s growth was not as expected, but he was still a terrible defender, a powerful scorer inside and an elite passer. As I said above, I have also considered Simmons in the ranking. I think even if the draft rearranges Simmons, it is impossible to fall out of the top four ranks.
No. 5 sequence: Jamal-Murray (Forest Wolf)
Original Choice: Chris Dunn
Kyle Irving: Murray is absent this season because of the injury of the anterior cross ligament, but we can’t forget how productive this scoring guard is. 25-year-old Murray is one of the most talented young players in the league. Murray’s playoff performance in the 2019-20 season was impressive, with 142 points in the first round of three games, helping Nuggets eliminate Jazz and advance smoothly. During the playoffs, two 50-point and two 40-point scoring shows were enough to see his ability to take over the game and dominate the series. I believe that it won’t be long before Murray, who will return to the game in the new season, will tell everyone how exciting his ability is again.
Number 6: Domantas-Sabonis (Pelican)
Original Choice: Buddy Hilde
Scott Rafferty: There have been 7 All-Star players in the 2016 rookie, and 2 of them have been selected many times. One is Simmons, and the other is Sabonis. After Sabonis entered the league, few players have experienced dramatic experiences like him. The player from Lithuania was originally an inefficient space-type number four. Now he plays the role of a tough guy center and plays a good role. In the past three seasons, he can get 19.2 points and 12.2 rebounds. Sabonis inherited the same excellent vision as his father, making him one of the best passers in the center position. There is no doubt that Sabonis is one of the most talented attacking players in this rookie. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the defensive end, the draft reshuffle cannot enter the top five ranks.
No. 7 sequence: dezhantai-Murray (Nuggets)
Original Choice: Jamal-Murray
Kyle Irving: now he can choose dezhantai-Murray in the seventh place, and he is very profitable. In the second year of entering NBA, he was selected as the best defensive team, after 25 years old, he suffered a tear of the anterior cross ligament, fortunately, he has achieved a rebound to a large extent. Murray is one of the best outside defenceman in the league, and the offensive performance is quite good. This season, he averaged 21.1 points 9.2 assists 8.3 rebounds, all hitting a new career high, and the average 2 steals led the league. He was also the first player in history to play this level of data in a single season. From this perspective, only Jordan and Magic Johnson have played 20+8+8+2 data in a single season in history. When your name can appear with those great legendary players, you will know that you are doing the right thing.
Number 8: Fred van frit (King)
Original Choice: Marquis-Chris
Scott Rafferty: Van frit, who attended the draft conference in 2016, didn’t hear his name from beginning to end. It was crazy, right? In the rookie season, he hardly got the chance to play in the Raptors, but with the advantage of three-point projection and boring defensive toughness, he soon got from one of the best sixth players in the league, got into the All-Star. From the drop draft to the Lotto show, I have to say that this is a very big leap.
No. 9 sequence: Buddy Hilde (Raptors)
Original Choice: Jacob Peltel
Kyle Irving: Hilde is already one of the best three-point experts in the league. In his six-year career so far, he can hit 3 points and hit 39.8 percent in three points. Hilde is the shortest player in the NBA history to score 1,000 three points. No other player in the league has scored more three points than Hilde in the past four seasons.
No. 10 sequence: Malcolm Brogden (Stag)
Original Choice: Thorne-Meck
Scott Rafferty: Brogden’s rookie season has played 75 games, and since then he has only played more than 60 games in one season. Worries about Brogden’s injury are real, but he has proved that he is a stable point guard when he keeps healthy. The 2020-21 season is his best season, each game can score the highest 21.2 points in the career, in addition to 5.9 assists 5.3 rebounds.
No. 11 sequence: Carris-Lewell (magic)
Original Choice: Domantas-Sabonis
Kelly Irving: The injury has brought some changes to Lewell’s career trajectory. In the six years after entering the league, Lewell has only three single-season appearances of more than 50. But when the 28-year-old Lewell kept healthy, he had proved that he could become an excellent organizational scorer, and he could get 14.6 points and 4 assists in the game. If Lewell can keep healthy in the new season, he can compete for the 6th person Award of the year in the brand-new Cavaliers.
12th place: Alex Caruso (Sir)
Original Choice: Torine Springs
Scott Rafferty: Caruso’s data is not very bright, but he is indeed an elite outside defender.
13th place: Jacob Peltel (Sun)
Original Choice: jurgus-papayanis
Kyle Irving: Peltel is not a flashy player. He has grown into one of the best rim protectors in NBA. In the past two seasons, only Gobel and Turner have contributed more cap than Peltel. In my opinion, they are all very good players.
14th place: Finney Smith (bull)
Original Choice: Denzel-Valentine
Scott Rafferty: as a leader in 3D players, Finney Smith hit 39.5% in three points this season and won some votes in the best defensive lineup.
The best players outside the lottery area: ivita-zubatz, Malik-Beasley, Gary Peyton II, Torine Springs
Original: Kyle Irving & Scott Rafferty
Compile: Li Taibai