Which team won the draft?

[VBM]

Houston Rockets depth chart (assuming FAs aren't re signed)

PG: Lowry/Livingston
SG: Martin/Lamb
SF: Parsons/White
PF: Scola/Patterson/Motiejunas/White/Jones/Brockman/Leuer
C: NOBODY

Why can't I hold all these PFs? Why are the Rockets the Bucks of the West?

Honestly, look at the squads who advanced to the conference finals. Centers were

TOSB Duncan
SB Perkins
TOSB Garnett
Bosh/Turiaf/Anthony/Pittman

You just need athletes in the frontcourt. The only team that really kills you with their bigs is LA, and they're trying to up that advantage by moving Pau.

[Clipper Nation]

I don’t think Kobe is done…Kobe is an assassin who would gladly throw Pau under the Lakers bus if it created cap space….

But Kobrick is the biggest reason why they have no cap space...

[TIMMYtoZO]

Call me a homer but I think The Piston's scored big. Drummond is 18 and could be great or a solid pick at 9.

false hope
thinking your team will be relevant anytime soon
still no superstar

[Bill_Brasky]

Eh... Boston could go either way. Melo is dumb as and Sullinger's lack of size hurt his team in the tourney...

PJ3 to the Thunder is pretty good for them though....he might end up being pretty good.

[8FOR!3]

It's debatable. My buddy who's a big Duke fan thinks Harrison Barnes is the best player in the draft. I was pretty surprised to hear that. Festus Ezeli has legit size and there's been a lot of buzz going on about Draymond Green.

[VBM]

Lakers. Kobe landed a solid wingman in Tom Cruise.

[tlongII]

Blazers easily. We got a franchise point guard, a legit center, and a steal in the 2nd round.

[VBM]

false hope
thinking your team will be relevant anytime soon
still no superstar

They play basketball the right way though.

[Kidd K]

Well, any team that got a high pick obviously won, though it doesn't take a genius to do well with a top pick.

As far as "smart picks considering what was there", Boston did extremely well, and quite frankly, every team that passed on Perry III after and including when Boston passed on him shocked me. I couldn't believe he dropped all the way to 28. I fully expected Chicago to take him if OKC didn't. There's no way he should've been 28th imo. Possibly the steal of the draft.

I was also dumbfounded with Charlotee's pick. I thought they wanted Thomas Robinson, and were worried about the Wizards taking him if they took Beal for that trade. . .then they don't pull the trade and just draft Kidd-Gilchrist instead? lol?

Hopefully he works out for them, but tbh he just seems like a slightly more athletic Kawhi Leonard with a much crappier jumpshot to me. I don't get the high pick, unless they just expect him to improve a LOT over the next 3 years. But it's a dangerous #2 pick considering his limited offensive skillset.