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2012 NBA Re-Draft: Beal, Green, Lillard, & Davis

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Where do the 1st and 35th picks rank in this re-draft?

This is the ninth re-draft in a 14-part series of re-drafts, looking at every NBA draft from 2004 to 2017.

This isn’t opinion or one controversial statistic. This is a re-draft based on a formula that includes VORP (value over replacement player), BPM (box plus/minus), WS (win shares), PPG (points per game), contribution (minutes), and shooting percentage (field goal and 3-point).

The data determines the re-draft order. Then the players are placed into categories based on the entirety of their career. Therefore the category they fall within is based on if they are mostly known as a star, starter, rotation player, or a bench guy who is largely unknown.

The format is as follows: Re-Draft Position #. Player – Original Draft Position # and Team – Statistics. Also, a team who acquired a player’s rights in a draft day trade is considered the drafting team in our analysis.

NBA Re-draft ~ 2012

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The 5th pick in the draft, Robinson, has already played for six NBA teams

Bench Guys

30. Thomas Robinson - #5 Sacramento

29. Tony Wroten - #25 Memphis

28. Andrew Nicholson - #19 Orlando

27. Festus Ezeli - #30 Golden State

26. Darius Miller - #46 New Orleans

25. Quincy Acy - #37 Toronto

24. Mike Scott - #43 Atlanta

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Sullinger started 64% of his games, but is already out of the league because of weight issues

Rotation Players

23. Miles Plumlee - #26 Indiana - #4 in FG%

22. Meyers Leonard - #11 Portland - #5 in 3PT%

21. Jared Sullinger - #21 Boston - Top 10 in PPG, BPM, VORP

20. Tyler Zeller - #17 Cleveland - Top 10 in FG%

19. Jeremy Lamb - #12 Houston - 9.1 PPG career average

18. Austin Rivers - #10 New Orleans - 9.4 PPG career average

17. Dion Waiters - #4 Cleveland - 13.3 PPG career average

16. Kyle O’Quinn - #49 Orlando - Top 10 in FG%, BPM, VORP

15. Maurice Harkless - #15 Philadelphia - Shot 41% from 3PT this season

14. Will Barton - #40 Portland - 10.4 PPG career average

13. John Henson - #14 Milwaukee - Top 10 in FG%, WS, BPM, VORP

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Barnes and Drummond are good players that need to improve their efficiency

Starters

12. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - #2 Charlotte - #9 in WS

11. Terrence Ross - #8 Toronto - #6 in 3PT%

10. Terrence Jones - #18 Houston - Top 10 in FG% & BPM

9. Jae Crowder - #34 Dallas - Top 8 in WS, BPM, VORP

8. Evan Fournier - #20 Denver - #4 in FG%, #7 in PPG

7. Harrison Barnes - #7 Golden State- Top 10 in 3PT%, PPG, WS

6. Andre Drummond - #9 Detroit - Top 5 in FG%, PPG, WS, BPM, VORP

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Middleton was acquired from Detroit after his rookie year by Milwaukee as an add-in to match salaries in the Brandon Knight - Brandon Jennings trade

Stars

5. Kris Middleton - #39 Detroit - Top 7 in 3PT%, PPG, WS, VORP

4. Bradley Beal - #3 Washington - Top 5 in 3PT%, PPG, WS, VORP

3. Draymond Green - #35 Golden State - Top 4 in WS, BPM, VORP

2. Damian Lillard - #6 Portland - Top 3 in PPG, WS, BPM, VORP

1. Anthony Davis - #1 New Orleans - #1 in PPG, WS, BPM

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Winners

New Orleans - AD is a two-way superstar and is arguably a top 5 player in the league

Golden State - Draymond, chosen at #35, has been instrumental in their championship runs

Losers

Sacramento - Thomas Robinson drops 25 spots, from #5 to #30

Charlotte - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist drops 10 spots, from #2 to #12

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Everyone should have AD first, but who would you draft 2nd and 3rd?