How does Cade rank versus top 3 picks for the last ten years?

Laimbeer · Post #1 » by **Laimbeer** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 3:57 pm

Knowing what we know today, in what order would you draft the top 3 picks from the last 10 drafts? I'm biased, but I have Cade at #8 of 30.

Rip away.

Luka Dončić
Joel Embiid
Anthony Davis
Zion Williamson
Jayson Tatum
Karl-Anthony Towns
Bradley Beal
Cade Cunningham
LaMelo Ball
Ben Simmons
Jaylen Brown
Brandon Ingram
Ja Morant
Evan Mobley
DeAndre Ayton
Jalen Green
Anthony Edwards
Victor Oladipo
Lonzo Ball
James Wiseman
RJ Barrett
D’Angelo Russell
Otto Porter
Andrew Wiggins
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
Marvin Bagley
Markelle Fultz
Jabari Parker
Jahlil Okafor
Anthony Bennett

NYPiston · Post #2 » by **NYPiston** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 4:09 pm

It's so hard to make rankings like these all the way through 30 but I'm pretty confident about the top tier guys and people always get these rankings mixed up because of the bias of seeing how good some of these players are now as opposed to how they were perceived at the draft (like Doncic for example who shouldn't be in the top tier of this list).

The top tier is clearly Zion and Davis then you have a gap to guys like Towns, Morant, Simmons, Ayton and Embiid then it gets tough.

I'll take a stab at it...

Zion
Davis
Embiid
Towns
Morant
Ayton
Simmons
Cade
Doncic
Mobley
Wiggins
Tatum
Green
Ingram
Fultz
Bagley
Okafor
Brown
Beal
Parker
Russell
Edwards
Ball
Barrett
Kidd Gilchrist
Oladipo
Porter
Bennett

Top half was a lot easier to assess than the bottom half. Funny I had Cade at 8 too. I don't think it's biased, I think he'd come in at top 10 on a lot of these lists. One can argue that he's a Towns level prospect and could be even a bit higher.

To illustrate how good this draft is at the top, I'd have Suggs in the top 15 as the 4th best prospect in this draft. Impressive.

Edit: I'm a dingus, I didn't read the OP saying that it's based on "what we know today". Disregard my list then haha

joeleolebo · Post #3 » by **joeleolebo** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 4:36 pm

Luka Doncic
Cade Cunningham (If lives up to the hype)
Jason Tatum
Jalen Suggs (Instead of Mobley / temped to put him above CC)
Joel Embiid
Anthony Davis
Ja Morant
Bradley Beal
Zion Williamson
KAT
Jalen Green
Jaylen Brown
Ben Simmons
Lamelo Ball
Anthony Edwards
Brandon Ingram
Victor Oladipo
DeAndre Ayton
James Wiseman
Andrew Wiggins
Lonzo Ball
D’Angelo Russell
RJ Barrett
Markelle Fultz
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
Marvin Bagley
Otto Porter
Jabari Parker
Jahlil Okafor
Anthony Bennett

The Moose · Post #4 » by **The Moose** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 4:48 pm

I think in a draft, as prospects, the only players that would go before Cade are Zion, Anthony Davis and Ben Simmons

FloridaMan78 · Post #5 » by **FloridaMan78** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:35 pm

Pretty close to OP. At 6 with Cade. Higher on Jaylen Brown, Ja Morant, Fultz. Lower on Towns, Ben Simmons, Wiseman, Kidd-Gilchrest.

Luka Dončić
Joel Embiid
Anthony Davis
Zion Williamson
Jayson Tatum
Cade Cunningham
Bradley Beal
Jaylen Brown
Karl-Anthony Towns
Ja Morant
LaMelo Ball
Ben Simmons
Brandon Ingram
Evan Mobley
DeAndre Ayton
Jalen Green
Anthony Edwards
Victor Oladipo
Lonzo Ball
RJ Barrett
D’Angelo Russell
James Wiseman
Otto Porter
Andrew Wiggins
Marvin Bagley
Markelle Fultz
Michael Kidd-Gilchrest
Jabari Parker
Jahlil Okafor
Anthony Bennett