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Who were the top 10 in a redraft of the 2017 draft? Who should have gone #1?

Mine would be as follows:
1.Tatum [#3]
2. Mitchell [#13]
3. Bam [#14]
4. Fox [#5]
5. Lauri [#7]
6. OG [#23]
7. D.White [#29]
8. D.Brooks [#45]
9. J.Collins [#19]
10. J.Allen [#22]

Why is Jarrett Allen lower than Brooks?

Why is a player who likely never plays again in Ball in the Top 10?

John Collins over Lauri Markkanen?

Wow. I forgot Lauri. Gotta redo this.

Tatum's the easy #1 for this class. He's off to a very strong start to his career, and I think you have to go back to the '14 Draft and Jokic for a player who should go over him in a re-draft situation.

eminence wrote:Tatum's the easy #1 for this class. He's off to a very strong start to his career, and I think you have to go back to the '14 Draft and Jokic for a player who should go over him in a re-draft situation.

Yup.

94 Games and 10 WS through age 24 season.

LeBron was at 60 games and 12.4 WS through age 24 season.

Jordan was at 20 games and 3.4 WS through age 24 season.

One_and_Done wrote:Who were the top 10 in a redraft of the 2017 draft? Who should have gone #1?

I think the answer is Tatum at 1 no matter how we slice it, but to go 10 deep something I'd clarify:

To me a "re-draft" needs to be factoring in the team with the pick. If it's just about asking the best players in a draft, I'd title like that.

So then, doing a re-draft:

1. Boston - Jayson Tatum (3), goes to Boston again but at the #1 spot because they'd know they couldn't trade down.
2. Lakers - Donovan Mitchell (13), they drafted a guard they hoped would be a star, Donovan's been the best of those and was the most ready from the start to make an impact.
3. Philadelphia - De'Aaron Fox (5), knowing now that you really just want to build around Embiid, picking a true star guard would be a top priority.
4. Phoenix - Bam Adebayo (3), building around Booker, Adebayo is a steal here.
5. Sacramento - Lauri Markkanen (7), BPA.
6. Orlando - Derrick White (29), I'd looked to move on from the Elfrid Payton experiment.
7. Minnesota - OG Anunoby (23), a team with KAT is a team with defensive needs in the rest of the lineup
8. New York - Jarrett Allen (22), BPA, but with some concerns related Porzingis.
9. Dallas - Josh Hart (30), a great role player who can be molded around your core to come.
10. Sacramento - John Collins (19), BPA.

Surprised at the level of agreement about Tatum