Really great article, will be interesting to re-read this on draft day itself 👀
That being said: “the trading 1st for multiple 2nds” being bad is the weakest conclusion here. I think Jabari Walker is gonna end up better than Santi Adama, and both trades in that category (so, smallest sample as well) ended up essentially a wash, aka the winner didn’t really win that much.
But the main point is that I think Jabari gonna be gud
While I agree that Jabari is really good, especially considering the spot where he was drafted, I do think that in 95% of the cases, trading #30 for #40 and #57 is malpractice. So, this might be a case of "good outcome/awful process".
Really great article, will be interesting to re-read this on draft day itself 👀
That being said: “the trading 1st for multiple 2nds” being bad is the weakest conclusion here. I think Jabari Walker is gonna end up better than Santi Adama, and both trades in that category (so, smallest sample as well) ended up essentially a wash, aka the winner didn’t really win that much.
But the main point is that I think Jabari gonna be gud
Thank you for reading!
While I agree that Jabari is really good, especially considering the spot where he was drafted, I do think that in 95% of the cases, trading #30 for #40 and #57 is malpractice. So, this might be a case of "good outcome/awful process".