The Best NBA Draft Picks of the 2010s at Each Draft Slot
Giannis or Kawhi? Siakam or Gobert? Brow, KAT, Simmons, Kyrie, or Zion? Who was the best NBA draft pick of the 2010s decade from each slot in the draft… and does it even matter?
WHO WAS THE BEST NBA PLAYER TAKEN AT EACH DRAFT SLOT IN THE 2010S DECADE? It’s a simple question with 60 complex answers and debates, some more spirited (and interesting) than others. The #1 and #3 pick slots are loaded, but if you were stuck drafting at #2, you probably came away unhappy. What happens in the rest of the draft lottery or at the end of the round?
It’s July, mid-pandemic, and there’s no other sports to talk about, so maybe there’s something to be learned by looking back on a decade of NBA Drafts. Thanks to the handy-dandy Basketball Reference Draft Finder tool, it’s pretty easy to sift through all this stuff.
Who was the best #1 pick of the 2010s? Who was the best #2 pick? We’ll ask that question again and again until it stops being interesting, then draw some brief conclusions at the end. Let’s start the top…
