James Anderson ranked 8th in the first rookie rankings

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Please, Griffin is 10000000000 times the player Oden is.

Hmmm... The same remark on Oden before he was drafted.

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But add to that where a particular player is drafted -- taking into consideration team need, the surrounding cast and culture of the organization -- and it's much easier to see how a lesser player (possibly) in the long-term can make a more immediate impact in the short-term.

Anderson isn't a long-term project and he went to a great situation where he fills a team need. As far as a pre-season projections for players that should make the best and quickest impact right off the bat, Anderson should be ranked in the Top-10.

Yep. Potential always seems to be attractive to every GM. But it is also too unpredictable. Every year the GMs keep betting and betting on the potential using the lottery picks, and they rarely succeeded.