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With what we know now, who would have been the number 1 pick of the 2019 draft?
Posted: Thu Nov 6, 2025 3:16 pm
by Homer38
With Zion struggling to stay healthy and Ja's attitude problem, who would be the number 1 pick in retrospect?
https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2019.html
Re: With what we know now, who would have been the number 1 pick of the 2019 draft?
Posted: Thu Nov 6, 2025 3:20 pm
by Bornstellar
Probably still Zion honestly. He is so immensely physically talented that I still think teams would gamble on taking him and trying to put the proper systems in place to manage his diet/weight/etc. Looking at that draft it's mostly just role players. If not Zion or Ja then it would have to be Darius Garland.
Re: With what we know now, who would have been the number 1 pick of the 2019 draft?
Posted: Thu Nov 6, 2025 3:31 pm
by Karate Diop
Zion. Because knowing what we know now teams would be 100% on his ass from Day 1. None of this auto-'chise's-#1 guy type stuff.
Re: With what we know now, who would have been the number 1 pick of the 2019 draft?
Posted: Thu Nov 6, 2025 4:00 pm
by maverick_41
I would trade the pick honestly. The 2019 draft looks brutal and hopeless.