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ESPN top 5 at every draft slot by Win Shares
« on: June 20, 2017, 02:07:04 PM »

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http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/19657372/the-best-picks-every-nba-draft-slot

Pretty interesting to actually see how winshares shape up.  This also shows why high picks are what you want and why there is so much value in tanking.  Pick 1 clearly has the highest winshare average of the top 5 players.  Not a lot of difference 2-5 or 6-10.  Basically there are a few anomalies, like pick 13 with both Karl Malone (actually 2nd most all time behind only Kareem) and Kobe Bryant, but generally groups of 5 don't have much separation from each other, while there is generally a pretty decent drop in the 5 pick ranges.  Pick 59 is just downright awful with just 22.8 winshares combined and 22.6 of them from Pat Cummings.  As a note, Michael Cooper still has more winshares than Thomas does from pick 60, which has surprisingly good value historically. 
2023 Historical Draft - Brooklyn Nets - 9th pick

Bigs - Pau, Amar'e, Issel, McGinnis, Roundfield
Wings - Dantley, Bowen, J. Jackson
Guards - Cheeks, Petrovic, Buse, Rip