NBA Draft 2012 re-boot
June 26, 2017. ...Those who want to judge the 2017 NBA Draft are free to do so. But the truth is, we won't know anything definitive for several years. We have made a habit of grading NBA Drafts five years after they take place.
The 2012 NBA Draft produced four players that have become NBA All-Stars, and four players who never played a minute in the Association. The four All-Stars: Anthony Davis (pick 1), Damian Lillard (pick 6), Andre Drummond (pick 9), and Draymond Green (pick 35). The four selections that never sniffed the show were selected at positions 50, 56, 57, and 59.
(Davis was the right pick with number one)
What about the rest of the 2012 NBA Draft? We can re-boot the Draft for the sake of giggles. Understand that this exercise is highly subjective. Here is how we feel it should have gone based on production up to this point...
There are two players outside our top-30 that appear to have their best days still in their future. Jonathon Simmons, a 2017 free-agent, appears to be a player that will crack the top 30 before his playing days are done. His total production to date placed him 34th on our rankings. He was undrafted. ...Tomas Satoransky just came to the NBA in 2016-17, playing his first season with the Wizards. He was 44th in our total production rankings for the 2012 NBA Draft. Satoransky was drafted 32nd.
In hindsight, the clear worst pick was made by the Houston Rockets who reached for Royce White with the 16th selection. White played a total of nine minutes in the league.