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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 5302811, member: 1329"] Yeah. I assumed NBA teams would know better considering the injuries and still draft Liam knowing his pedigree and that it was actually pretty impressive that Liam became The Guy as a freshman on UConn coming off a back-to-back with dudes like Solo and Karaban on the team. But it makes sense when you consider psychology. He was still a bit of a risk with his low efficiency numbers and poor defense. And it's easy for teams to fall in love with someone else without as many blemishes. The mocks for him were all over the place, which is clear in hindsight meant that nobody [I]loved[/I] him. And teams generally draft somebody they fall in love with. He was likely in contention with every pick in that range, but they all independently decided they loved someone else more while acknowledging that Liam would have been a reasonable pick. [/QUOTE]