2019 NBA Re-Draft

[DropStep]

Garland gets slandered in BPM, significantly behind Goga, both well above replacement, but well below "good starter."

And, like magic: https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/280687/Cavs-Open-To-Trading-Darius-Garland

"Windhorst said that a year later, Cleveland is now open to the idea of moving Garland, if they believe that would allow them to take the next step as a team." In other words, he isn't as useful to us as his salary and reputation would indicate, and hopefully somebody isn't wise to that yet and will give us better stuff to use those resources on, or at least that works better with our roster.

[Ice Man]

Darius does 2 things out of 3 well. Scores and assists, doesn't defend. He's a good (but not great) player, the problem is that when paired with MItchell the Cavs have a tiny tot perimeter defense. So, I think Cleveland being open to moving him is less a comment on his abilities than on his fit.

[Johnston797]

It's the offseason, news is slow, we're all talking about the draft. I thought it'd be interesting to revisit an older draft - in this case 2019.

I think the learning curve is growing longer and longer in the NBA these days - many don't have the patience for it.

I also believe that no re-draft will ever fall the same way it happened. There's so much emphasis on getting the highest pick possible, when there's almost always impact players drafted later.

Anyways, if I were re-picking the 2019 draft these would be my picks - player name (where they were originally drafted).


1. Ja Morant (2) - clear number one
2. Darius Garland (5) - lead guard on a contender
3. Tyler Herro (13) - volume and efficiency as a scorer
4. Zion Williamson (1) - injuries aside, when he plays he's still very good. Hard to fault those that have him higher or lower
5. Coby White (7) - Did you know Coby leads the 2019 NBA draft class in games played
6. Daniel Gafford (38) - probably the biggest jump from where drafted to where I'd take them now
7. Cameron Johnson (11)
8. Nic Claxton (31) - Was in the DPOY conversation just a year ago
9. Ty Jerome (24) - As become an important piece for a contender, likely to get paid this offseason.
10. De'Andre Hunter (4) - even underwhelming 3&d guys will always have value
11. PJ Washington (12) - see above
12. Jordan Poole (28) - yeah he's become a bit of a meme, but he played an important role for a championship team
13. Rui Hachimura (9)
14. RJ Barrett (3)

Stopping at the lottery because this quickly gets ugly. Two actual lottery picks (Culver and Langford) are already out of the league. Two more (Hayes and Reddish) are hanging on by a thread.

Lu Dort is probably #4, eh?