>Its crazy that Giannis was a 15th pick just like Kawhi was in
>2011. 2 of the top 4 players(top 3 according to some) in the
>NBA picked with the 15th pick in the draft.

The GMs always bitch about how hard it is to accurately scout young players with high potential, especially when they play overseas/play mid-major ball/play just HS/play only one season/etc.

And there are *so many* high potential draft picks who bust. So many. Way more than hit. But GMs will keep gambling every time, because the payoff when you do hit? Huge. So you go down the list of every draft, and *so many* of the head scratchers are guys who could've been the next Kawhi, the next Giannis, the next Tony Parker. They'll happily settle for the next Paskal Siakam.

Kawhi was an absolute dice roll at 15 exclusively on potential. Same for Giannis. Those teams just hit. (It helps that those teams tend to do a good job developing young guys more often than not.)