fleet wrote:The draft included imho, a slightly elevated tier among the top 4 picks.
Come on man, literally no one was saying that before the draft, and sure as hell no one was saying Patrick Williams, routinely mocked around #12, was the fourth guy everyone was dying to have. Show anyone who said before the draft that Williams is in this top tier.
Patrick Williams could end up being the best player in the draft, and if so, it will have been a genius move to not trade this pick and given into the temptation of more chances, but there is very little reason to think he'll be better than the next 7 guys drafted after him, there was no clear separation here between him and the next group of guys.
The fact that Detroit wanted him isn't really much evidence that a ton of teams wanted him or he had created a clear separate tier.