payitforward wrote:Actually, 2011 (when Kawhi went) was called a bad class -- almost universally. & the fact that he went at 15 tells you with great clarity that no one knew how good 2011 would be. Not to mention Jimmy Butler at 30 that same year.
Because the season was going to be a shortened one, it was said that a lot of prospects were staying another year in college. Along the same lines, 2012 was then dubbed a very strong draft class.
But, in fact, 2011 turned out to be an extremely strong draft overall, while 2012 featured a quite weak R1 overall.
In short, we have no idea whatever whether 2024 will be "a bad class" or an outstanding one.
Yup...it's almost impossible to know whether this is a weak draft class--or a good one. That really is only something that can be determined for sure years from now. Personally, I'm happy to have multiple first round picks in ANY draft, especially given this team's desperate need for talent.
All we can do is hope that the Zards FO strike gold (or at least silver ) with one or more of the picks we have.