2012 NBA Redraft: How wrong we were in real time

#1 Pick: Anthony Davis (Originally: Anthony Davis)

Let’s not overthink this. Anthony Davis was known to be the best player in this draft and that is still the case. Finally, this season seeing him in the spotlight is showing everyone how truly great he is. This is the pick 100 times out of 100 and no matter how you feel about the relative lack of success they had with him that does not change this.

If the Hornets (later Pelicans) had built better around Davis things would have been different. Davis was an All-Star every season after his rookie year. Even as a rookie he probably should have made it, posting averages of 13.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.8 blocks in just under 29 minutes per game.

Luck did not go the way of the Big Easy much during Davis’ tenure with injuries sidelining key pieces far too regularly, most notably DeMarcus Cousins in the year Davis would win his only playoff series in New Orleans.

If they had drafted better along the way that could have changed everything. They often did not have their first-rounder, using them to try to build around him in shortsighted moves that never panned out.

This is not about them though this is about Anthony Davis and he is the consensus number one pick then and now. Starting this off easy is not indicative of what’s to come.

Moving on, with the second pick in the 2012 NBA Redraft the Charlotte Bobcats select…