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Redrafts, what-ifs, and the stories behind the picks.
The 1996 Redraft: The Greatest Draft of All Time?
Three MVPs, eleven All-Stars and a four-time DPOY nobody drafted. We took the DeLorean back to Jersey and ran the most loaded class of the modern era the right way.
The 2011 Redraft: What If Kawhi and Klay Never Became Who We Think They Are?
Klay is in Miami and Kawhi is back in Toronto after the Clippers scandal, so we ran the 2011 draft back. Kawhi to Minnesota, Klay to Utah, and the whole decade comes unplugged.
The 2013 Redraft: What If Cleveland Took Victor Oladipo No. 1 Overall?
Victor Oladipo just published an open letter asking for one more shot, so we fired up the DeLorean. What if Cleveland skipped Anthony Bennett in 2013 and took the human pogo stick instead? We reran the whole first round.
Brown vs Ben: A Case of What If for the Sixers
Philadelphia just traded for Jaylen Brown a decade late. What if the Sixers had taken him No. 1 in 2016, and Ben Simmons landed in Boston's patient machine instead?
Russ vs. Rose: What if the Bulls drafted Russell Westbrook over Derrick Rose?
Russell Westbrook just retired, so naturally our brains drifted back to May 2008 and a Bulls war room with a golden ticket. What if Chicago took the UCLA kid instead of the hometown hero?
What If the Suns Took Luka Over Ayton?
The 2018 draft is one of the NBA's biggest what-ifs. We take the DeLorean back to Phoenix and imagine a Booker–Doncic backcourt cooking together.
Would Steph Curry Get Drafted in 1992?
We put the greatest shooter in NBA history into the Time Machine and ask: does a skinny, three-point-loving tweener from a liberal arts school get drafted in the ground-and-pound 1990s?