us younger Laker fans. And the last two 1-2 picks we had were fuckin Magic and Worthy. Our other lottery picks were Eddie Jones and Bynum...and you can halfway count Kobe with that too, since he was a high pick who had never played before.

So for me...I spent so much time just researching previous drafts, and realizing that there's so many damn busts, and so many picks who were slept on, and everything inbetween. So IF Russell turns out to be anything less than a 82 rated player on 2K in his prime, then fuckit, that's what it is, but I think it's way too early to write him off, and surely too early to bitch and moan about who we could have had instead.

What's even wilder? I saw this chart about how #3 AND #4 picks have way more success than #2 picks, even when you don't include Jordan > Bowie!! This halfway scared me before we even made the pick!

http://www.82games.com/nbadraftpicks.htm