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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4013754, member: 833"] This is the second time in three years that the NBA Champion did not rely on a former lottery pick. Brook Lopez is an aging center on the back end of his career, and the only Bucks player that was a lottery pick. I don't believe Toronto had a single lottery pick on their championship team. I think the draft is still relevant, but high picks have a fraction of the value they had 20 years ago because players are so young and inexperienced when they are drafted now. It is really hard to project these players into the future. The top 5 players from the 2013 draft are: #15) Giannis #2) Oladipo #27) Rudy Gobert #10) CJ McCollum #17) Dennis Schroeder Not a lot of correlation to draft pick among that group. It is also worth noting that McCollum and Oladipo, the two lottery picks of the above, were both 21 at the time they were drafted, significantly reducing the risk of both picks. [/QUOTE]