2020 NBA Redraft: Where Haliburton, Bane and Wiseman should have gone
The 2020 NBA draft class was touted as top-heavy, but it is shaping up to be deeper than many foresaw.
Basically, there were three supposed can't-miss prospects -- and everyone else.
Anthony Edwards, James Wiseman and LaMelo Ball were the guys many saw as future stars, and after that draft gurus were largely split.
But amazingly, arguably the three most productive players all were taken outside the top 10 -- two of them in the 20s.
While it's too soon to make any final judgements, the players who were drafted in November 2020 are now in their third professional seasons, and in most cases there is a fairly substantial body of work for us to evaluate.
Of course it must be noted that these players came into the league in unprecedented circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic, and there were significant challenges for teams in terms of scouting and player evaluation.
The draft itself was pushed back several months, and was held only about a month before the regular season tipped off in mid-December, two months later than usual.
In any event, there are some undeniable storylines early in these players' careers. And, hindsight being what it is, it can't be disputed that some picks would have gone down differently if some teams had a magic crystal ball.
Here's how things might have played out if teams knew then what we know now:
