The 2024 NBA Draft is bad — especially for GMs and scouts

Key Facts

• NBA front-office personnel, of course, routinely try to temper expectations for a draft over the course of the year.
• While the 2013 draft only produced three All-Stars — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Victor Oladipo and Rudy Gobert — it also had a dozen solid role players who are still in the league today.
• [2024 NBA Mock Draft 1.0: How high will Zach Edey and Donovan Clingan go?] Every draft is an exercise in educated guessing, but several reasons were given for why identifying the players with the most NBA potential in this one is particularly challenging.
• Being the No. 1 pick in a draft comes with weighty expectations that are not always realistic based on the composition of the team and the maturity of the player.

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