I'm one of those people who want to make a strong (in the East) run this year, so I'm anticipating our pick being in the 12-16 range. With that said I'd be ok with WCS, though not excited, though that has a lot to do with the Fab Melo experience, which may not be fair to WCS.
I'd prefer Myles Turner, too, though that may be wanting someone who is as far from Fab as you can get; high BBIQ, skilled, but lacking the athleticism.
But WCS isn't remotely Fab Melo.
Fab Melo grew up in Brazil and barely played basketball before Syracuse. He was clueless out there. WCS knows what he's doing. Melo had .5 steals his soph year and a .5 assist to TO ratio, reflecting this, whereas this year WCS has 1.7 steals and 1.7 blocks and shows statistical defensive awareness, passes the eye test, also boasting a 2:1 TO ratio. He plays with high IQ.
Fab averaged less than 8 points a game where the other drafted players were Dion Waiters and Kris Joseph, no other 7 footers and no other even NBA starters to co-exist with and restrict his offense (just Waiters). WCS played with:
Anthony Davis, MKG, Julius Randle,
James Young, Nerlens Noel, Terrence Jones,
Marquis Teague, Doron Lamb, Darius Miller & Archie Goodwin
That's 10 drafted players. For 3 years, he's developed NBA skills competing with NBA players and in each of those years he scored more points, in fewer minutes, than Fab did in his best.
Fab was a bust that absolutely infuriated me at the time, it was indefensible. I'd welcome WCS.