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This year's NBA Draft continued to captivate fans, whether it was the somewhat surprising choice of No. 1 Paolo Banchero or one of the many deals made.
As with all drafts, some teams have improved themselves, but others may not have been able to find the missing part they were looking for.
Over time, the team that really won the draft night will be known, but San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, and Detroit Pistons seem to be the early winners, but Sacramento Kings, New York Knicks, and Portland Trail Blazers. Z is an impressive show together.
Winner
San Antonio: Spurs take full advantage of the three first round picks at Ohio Defense Force's 9th Malakai Brannam I chose Jeremy Sochan from Baylor Forward. At number 20, Notre Dame guards Breakwesley at number 25.
Sochan is a powerful defender who can defend any position. Bramham has the ability to explode on the other side of the ball, especially from a range of 3 points. He shot 41.6% from behind Ark last season, scoring double digits in the last 11 games of the season.
Wesley has aggressive skills and needs to move to the next level if he has time to develop, but he needs to work to be more consistent. If he did that, this would be a very valuable choice for San Antonio.
Houston: Up to the draft, Auburn's Jabari Smith Jr. generally seemed like the key to getting first. Everything changed on the day of the draft when Banchero took first place in Orlando Magic before Oklahoma City Thunder took Chet Holmgren in second place.
Smith fell to Houston in 3rd place. And the chance is that the rocket isn't too upset about how everything panned out.
A 6'10 forward averaged 16.9 points and 7.4 rebounds in his only college season. The Rockets took LSU's Tally Eason on the 17th pick, a power forward that can help Smith fill the void left by Christian Wood.
Detroit: The team was definitely the player expected to be in the top five, but point guard Jaden Ivey, who was expected to be in fourth place, said: There are tools. Escape as the best player from this year's draft class.
The Pistons took him on the fifth pick, and it's hard to ignore how calm he was looking at Purdue. Simply put, Ivey looks comfortable playing basketball. That is when he is in control. He's quick, versatile, and everything a reconstruction team like Detroit needs.
Adding talents such as ivy to the lineup already featuring Cade Cunningham, Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart means that Motown's future is very bright. ..
Loser
Sacramento: It's not shameful to put Iowa ahead of Keegan Murray on the fourth pick, but backcoat Iowa alongside De'Aaron Fox and Davion Mitchell. Putting it in may have been fatal.
In the long run, if ivy works significantly better than Murray, it's a potentially infested choice in Sacramento, but there seems to be more risk than the front office is willing to take on.
Murray, 21, gave Sacramento a more balanced player with five starting pitchers, and he's clearly a good player, but was he the right player? Kings will surely learn soon.
Sacramento also exchanged the 37th pick for the Dallas Mavericks. The Dallas Mavericks used it to win the G League guard Jaden Hardy. Currently, the success of the Kings draft depends only on Murray's shoulders.
New York: The Knicks seem to have ignored the draft for years in the hope of winning a big name as a free agent. Well, it happened again on Thursday.
New York handed out the 11th overall pick, French tycoon Ousmane Dieng, to Thunder for three future first round picks. Kies chose Duke's Trevor Keels on his 42nd pick, which was within their draft hole.
What was the best move New York made on the night of the draft? Offload Kemba Walker to Pistons as part of a three-team contract.
Portland: The Trail Blazers may have reached a bit, with Kentucky Guard Shadeon Sharp in seventh overall ahead of Dyson Daniels, Sochan and Jonathan Davis.
Development will take some time after Sharp has never played a game with Wildcats in a season. He won't immediately affect the slightly upset team after trading with CJ McCollum in February.
Portland sent a 36th pick to the piston and finished the rather overwhelming draft with Colorado at 57, ahead of Jabari Walker.
– Nick Gull, Field Level Media
