Redrafting the 2015 NBA Draft: Role players everywhere
By Corey Rausch
While there are only a few All-Stars in the 2015 NBA draft, the redraft features plenty of role players. Let’s restock the bench for plenty of teams.
As we inch closer through more recent things are fresher and more undetermined. Players only being in the NBA for five years leaves the door open for things to still change drastically for them. The number one overall pick Karl-Anthony Towns is not even 25 years old yet. While hindsight will be available for a lot of these picks it is impossible to fully roll out some people as complete busts as we have been in past redrafts.
There is not much drama with the first pick in this draft as Towns was the undeniable top pick in this draft for much of the season and that does not change in retrospect. He may have gone nearly three calendar months this year without his team getting a win, but that is more on them than him. Kentucky and Duke mostly defined this draft process as they had nine players selected and two more relevant undrafted players.
As always, we will be projecting how these moves would have fit with their roster the moment they made them. Could taking a different player change trades and free agent signings this summer and beyond? Without a doubt. This is not as simple as putting an All-Star on today’s team. The ramifications of a redraft are the most interesting part.
The lottery was something of a mess as there are four All-Stars in the draft and one went thirteenth. Even though it is only five years later, only three of the lottery picks are still on the same teams that drafted them. Change happens fast.
With the first pick in the 2015 NBA Redraft, the Minnesota Timberwolves select…