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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4827634, member: 833"]
And the one-and-done era has led to mostly terrible drafts in the last decade, to the point that teams throw in first round picks into trades the way they used to throw deep bench players.  Look around the league.  How many over-the-hill geezers like Durant are still considered superstars because the last 10 years of drafts have mostly sucked.

Even the players that do produce come from all over the first round.  The top 4 players of the 2020 draft are Edwards (1), Ball (3), Halliburton (12) and Maxey (21).  Getting a high draft pick is pointless.

Point me to the last team that won an NBA title or even made the finals leaning on a One-and-Done in the first 3 years of his career?  If the Timberwolves make the NBA finals this year, it will be the first time in years where a team makes the finals with a One-and-Done that is still early in his career as one of the top 2-3 players.

Top college teams are going to keep getting older because of NIL.  I expect the NBA draft to start to reflect that going forward.  The superstars will still be able to do it, but NBA teams are going to be increasingly reluctant to take flyers on players whose realistic upside is "role player".
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