2014 NBA Redraft: A tale of two big men and two missed picks

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#14 Pick: Bogdan Bogdanovic (Originally: T.J. Warren)

This is a tough spot for Phoenix as they seemed to nail this pick originally. Replacing what Warren gave them will not be easy. Given this team’s trajectory and owner Robert Sarver’s penchant for saving money wherever possible makes selecting someone who would not be coming to the NBA for a couple of years acceptable.

Bogdanovic would have been worth the wait, as he has been for the Sacramento Kings. He is an efficient shooter at 43.2 percent from the field 37.0 percent from 3-point range over his three-year career. He has yet to secure a consistent starting role give the glut of guards on the Kings roster.

Nailing this pick could have prevented them from taking Josh Jackson with the 4th overall pick in 2017, the season Bogdanovic was slated to come over. Given the plethora of options available at that point, things could have been drastically different for the Suns.

Three years of savings for Robert Sarver may have given him some slight incentive to pay for his own arena, but for those of us who remember how that process went, savings would have just been savings. This pick is mostly about getting to see teams try to guard Bogdanovic and Booker on the perimeter.

With the fifteenth pick in the 2014 NBA Redraft, the Atlanta Hawks select…

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