[SamuelMcF]

Not to turn this into a Jaylen Brown thread, but ...

Remember kids, anything before the "but" means nothing!

I hope KZ gets drafted round 1. It'll be Stanford's first round 1 pick in 5 years (not that the last one, Josh Huestis, turned out well...), and the first non-senior drafted PERIOD since the Lopi. That's pretty damning.

IMO once you start talking about "non-lottery" picks, there's a drop-off in talent, so even the rest of the 1st round will generally be guys who need development, like KZ does. (Some of those guys will develop super well, and plenty won't.) Think about the NFL draft; round 1, the top 1/7 of the draft, is where every team expects to find a bonafide starter, if not a budding star. The top 1/7 of the NBA draft is the first 8-9 picks.

[SamuelMcF]

Not to turn this into a Jaylen Brown thread, but ...

Remember kids, anything before the "but" means nothing!

I hope KZ gets drafted round 1. It'll be Stanford's first round 1 pick in 5 years (not that the last one, Josh Huestis, turned out well...), and the first non-senior drafted PERIOD since the Lopi. That's pretty damning.

IMO once you start talking about "non-lottery" picks, there's a drop-off in talent, so even the rest of the 1st round will generally be guys who need development, like KZ does. (Some of those guys will develop super well, and plenty won't.) Think about the NFL draft; round 1, the top 1/7 of the draft, is where every team expects to find a bonafide starter, if not a budding star. The top 1/7 of the NBA draft is the first 8-9 picks.