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The 2019 NBA Draft was long heralded the best draft in years or more, headlined by superstar 19 year old Zion Williamson, the surefire number one pick who the Pelicans took winning the lottery. But after him, there are plenty of stars, starters, role players and highly advanced rated metric guys... Ja Morant, RJ Barrett, DeAndre Hunter, Darius Garland, Cameron Johnson, PJ Washington, Tyler Herro, Brandon Clarke (leads all draftees in win shares added), Gran Williams, Jordan Poole, Keldon Johnson, Nic Claxton, Coby White, Daniel Gafford, Kevin Porter Jr, Terrance Mann, Jackson Hayes, Matiss Thybulle, Rui Hachimura, Taylen Horton Tucker, and more.... All have become positive impact players if not starters or stars, and at the least key rotation players.    Obviously Zion Williamson has shown us how great he is, but he's also shown us he sits out more games than he plays. Even so, before he got hurt last season he had the Pelicans at first in the West a third through ...

After the Golden State Warriors finally made some smart moves in the draft as well as via trade, constantly having a lottery book from missing the playoffs. Sometimes you can rebuild through the draft (like the Thunder did) and the Warriors brass seemed to get it right finally. First they drafted early lottery pick Stephen Curry; who we all now know and is one of the best PG's and shooters in the NBA. After a mediocre season with Monta Ellis playing together with Curry, they were mid-late lottery and snagged Klay Thompson out of Washington State University.  We all know of Klay now, as he is also one of the best shooters in the NBA.  We call them the "Splash Brothers". During that span they traded undersized Shooting Guard Monta Ellis for defensive 7 foot plus Center Andrew Bogut.  They also signed 20 point 10 rebound All-Star Power Forward David Lee to a long and big contract.  This was all in a 4/5 year span.  Not a quick rebuild, but not a drastically l...