I'm not sure that I agree with the sentiment that this draft dies at 3. I have the tiers looking something like.
S Tier
Zion
AAA Tier
No one
AA tier
Ja Morant
A Tier
RJ Barrett
B+ Tier
Jarrett Culver
Darius Garland(if his medicals are solid)
Cam Reddish(has risen back up as a prospect in my eyes might be A- tier by draft night)
B Tier
DeAndre Hunter
Sekou Doumboyah
B- Tier
Coby White
C+ Tier
Nassir Little
Bol Bol
Rui Hachimura
Brandon Clarke
Goga Biadtze
Romeo Langford
C- Tier
Everyone else until about pick 22
The point is that walking away with one of Hunter, Reddish, Garland or Doumboyah would absolutely be worth giving up assets to move up to 6.
I miss Chad Ford
Nothing against Smartacus and his rankings, but your response made me lol. Good one, LB
Heh none taken, Chad had his place in the draft analysis world. The retroactively adjusting his rankings scandal was the saddest thing I've seen in NBA journalism though. No coming back from that.
Absolutely - that ridiculous. I should elaborate, though. I really have very little knowledge of the draft or where players should be ranked. I always tell myself I am going to do more research on rookie draft classes, and I suppose I have done better when the Cs have had higher picks; but this year I don't really know anybody outside of Zion, Morant, or Bol.
What I thought was funny was LB missing Chad Ford and his tiers. He used to reference them often on this site (I remember Jaylen Brown being a point of contention). His succinct response made me laugh in reference to somebody else doing his own tiers...and I am sure yours are at least as valid as Chad Ford.