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2016 NBA Re-Draft 10 Years Later with Jaylen Brown, Brandon Ingram, More

Grant HughesAug 6, 2026

A decade ago, The Process was still causing controversy in Philly, LeBron James was fresh off his third ring and the 73-9 Golden State Warriors were about to land Kevin Durant in free agency.

Oh, and also, the 2016 NBA draft brought Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram and Jaylen Brown into the league.

Let's look back at that draft class and, knowing what we know now, put it in the proper order.

In doing so, we'll ignore who's on the drafting team's current roster or any positional overlap. This is a pure best-player-available approach, one designed to reflect who deserved to come off the board at each of the first 30 draft slots.

1. Philadelphia 76ers: Jaylen Brown

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With Jayson Tatum sidelined, Celtics' fourth-quarter comeback falls short in Game 7 loss to 76ers

Original Pick: Ben Simmons

Jaylen Brown's Original Draft Position: No. 3

The offseason discourse calling into question Jaylen Brown's value, analytically, is nowhere near robust enough to keep him from the top spot here. Yes, Brown only ranks sixth in the 2016 class in Value Over Replacement Player, but he's also the only one with a championship ring, a Finals MVP award and five All-Star nods.

Two 2016 draftees have logged more games during their careers, but Brown leads the class in total points with 13,474. He also earns a bump for positional value as the indisputable best two-way wing available.

The first pick in a draft should be someone around whom a team could build a legitimate contender. Brown might not be that player, but he's the closest thing to it in this class. The Sixers, who just traded for him in real life, wind up with Brown a decade earlier in our re-draft.

2. Los Angeles Lakers: Pascal Siakam

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NBA: APR 01 Indiana Pacers at Chicago Bulls

Original Pick: Brandon Ingram

Pascal Siakam's Original Draft Position: No. 27

Pascal Siakam's four All-Star nods trail only Brown among 2016 picks, and the title-winning forward is also tops in total minutes. Though Brown has the starrier profile, Siakam's durability and slightly better scoring efficiency (57.5 true shooting to Brown's 57.1 percent) make this a closer call than most might think.

Siakam won Most Improved Player in 2018-19 and a collected a championship that same season. His 10th-place finish in MVP voting the next year came with his first of two career All-NBA honors.

Still going strong as he enters his 30s, Siakam has been an All-Star in each of the last two seasons and is the only player picked in 2016 with at least 600 career steals and 300 career blocks.

If the Indiana Pacers had managed to win Game 7 of the 2025 Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, giving Siakam a second career title, it's possible he would have deserved to beat out Brown for No. 1.

3. Boston Celtics: Jamal Murray

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Denver Nuggets v Minnesota TImberwolves - Game Six

Original Pick: Jaylen Brown

Jamal Murray's Original Draft Position: No. 7

It's telling that Jamal Murray is the only player we'll cover who is a) still active and b) has only ever played for the team that originally drafted him.

Probably the best pure scorer in the class, Murray's slide to No. 3 has as much to do with durability as anything else. He lost an entire season to a torn ACL and has appeared in 81 and 63 fewer games than Siakam and Brown, respectively.

Despite so much missed time, Murray is the only player in the class with at least 11,000 points and 3,000 assists, and he's definitely the best three-point shooter if we exclude some of the specialists who'll come off the board later in the draft.

Though he needed a full decade to make his first All-Star and All-NBA teams, Murray has five seasons with a scoring average of at least 20.0 points per game and a reputation for raising his level in the playoffs.

Case in point: Murray averaged 26.1 points, 7.1 assists and 5.7 rebounds on a 47.3/39.6/92.6 shooting split during the Nuggets' 2023 championship run.

4. Phoenix Suns: Domantas Sabonis

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Memphis Grizzlies v Sacramento Kings

Original Pick: Dragan Bender

Domantas Sabonis' Original Draft Position: No. 11

Based on individual statistics alone, Domantas Sabonis has a case to be the first pick in this re-draft.

The three-time All-Star leads everyone in the 2016 class in both career rebounds and assists. In fact, his total of 5,283 defensive boards is higher than the No. 2 finisher in total rebounds, Ivica Zubac with 5,251.

Advanced metrics are big fans of Sabonis as well. His 27.6 VORP runs away with the win over second-place finisher Siakam, who sits at 21.0.

The reason Sabonis slips to fourth? He has pronounced weaknesses as a defender and spacer that make it almost impossible to build a real winner around him. Sabonis has always gotten his numbers and has put up averages of 19.0 points, 13.1 rebounds and a whopping 6.9 assists in 265 games with the Sacramento Kings.

But his limitations make high-level team success too hard to sustain. The Kings have never won a playoff series with him as a key piece of the team, and the Pacers couldn't do it with him in a smaller role.

5. Minnesota Timberwolves: Brandon Ingram

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Toronto Raptors v Cleveland Cavaliers - Game Five

Original Pick: Kris Dunn

Brandon Ingram's Original Draft Position: No. 2

Since going to the New Orleans Pelicans from the Los Angeles Lakers as a key piece in the Anthony Davis trade, Brandon Ingram has averaged at least 20.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.9 assists. That's a seven-year span that includes a Most Improved Player award and two All-Star trips.

Ingram runs into some of the same team-building issues Sabonis does, in that his generally shaky defense makes it tough to build a real winner with him in a prominent role. That said, 6'9" wings who can generate their own shots (even if a few too many of them are still mid-rangers), aren't all that easy to find.

Ingram isn't a cornerstone, but this draft ran out of those a while ago. Instead, he's a floor-raising, high-end starter who has now proved effective offensively for three different teams. He'll make it four when he debuts for the LA Clippers next year.

6. New Orleans Pelicans: Fred VanVleet

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Houston Rockets v Golden State Warriors - Game Six

Original Pick: Buddy Hield

Fred VanVleet's Original Draft Position: Undrafted

At the risk of spoiling things, Fred VanVleet's leap into the sixth spot here is going to be the most significant shakeup of the re-draft. How could it not be?

VanVleet went undrafted out of Wichita State, despite playing a major role on a Shockers squad that won at least one NCAA Tournament game in each of his four seasons, reaching the Final Four when he was a freshman in 2013.

The undersized point guard continued winning as a pro, securing a championship as a bench player on the 2019 Raptors. VanVleet took on a full-time starting role after that title, made an All-Star team in 2021-22 and has spent his entire subsequent career as a vital on-court and locker room leader. A torn ACL cost him all of 2025-26, but VanVleet averaged at least 35.0 minutes per game in each of the previous six seasons.

A handful of players coming off the board after FVV have gaudier averages and higher profiles, but they don't come close to matching his impact on winning.

7. Denver Nuggets: Ben Simmons

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2016 NBA Draft

Original Pick: Jamal Murray

Ben Simmons' Original Draft Position: No. 1

We'll never know what Nikola Jokiฤ‡ would have made of Ben Simmons, but it's pretty fun to imagine it. If anyone could have coaxed more than three-and-a-half excellent seasons out of the real-life No. 1 pick, it would have been the two-time MVP who debuted for the Nuggets one year before Simmons entered the league.

A 6'10" point guard who could credibly defend five positions, Simmons was a deeply flawed but briefly electrifying talent. He averaged 15.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game for the 76ers, winning Rookie of the Year, earning three All-Star trips and landing on a pair of All-Defensive first teams.

Simmons' career, defined as much by his versatility as his complete refusal/inability to shoot outside the restricted area, basically ended in 2021. He appeared in games through 2024 with the Nets and Clippers, but that version of Simmons couldn't offset his weaknesses with the strengths of his early days.

You'd take Simmons this high on the quality of his best years, even knowing they'd be gone in a blink.

8. Sacramento Kings: Ivica Zubac

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Portland Trail Blazers v Indiana Pacers

Original Pick: Marquese Chriss

Ivica Zubac's Original Draft Position: No. 32

In Ivica Zubac, we've already reached the last available player who is still an unquestioned quality starter today.

That status has something to do with Zubac, then 19, being one of the youngest players picked in 2016. But it also owes to his mid-career development into a two-way force good enough to warrant a pair of valuable first-round picks in last season's big trade that brought him to the Indiana Pacers.

Zubac has never made an All-Star team but totes career marks of 10.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game with a sterling 61.4 percent hit rate from the field. He finished sixth in DPOY voting after the 2024-25 season and has also grown into a helpful facilitator at the center spot.

9. Toronto Raptors: Dejounte Murray

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New Orleans Pelicans v Portland Trail Blazers

Original Pick: Jakob Poeltl

Dejounte Murray's Original Draft Position: No. 29

Injuries are the only reason Dejounte Murray slides to No. 9, which is still a pretty solid improvement over his original draft slot 20 spots later.

A torn ACL cost the combo guard all of 2018-19, interrupting remarkable defensive potential that earned Murray an All-Defense nod in the previous season. It took until the 2021-22 campaign for Murray to fully regain his form.

With averages of 21.1 points, 9.2 assists, 8.3 rebounds and 2.0 steals, Murray's breakout campaign was one of the best seasons produced by anyoneโ€”in any yearโ€”of this entire class. It earned him his only career All-Star nod.

Two more seasons of at least 20.0 points, 6.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds followed before a torn Achilles midway through 2024-25 ruined another huge chunk of Murray's career. Now entering his 30s with two major injuries on his health record, it's hard to imagine Murray remaining a positive-value starter going forward.

Had he sustained the three-year peak that began in 2021-22, Murray would have been among the four or five best players in this class.

10. Milwaukee Bucks: Jakob Poeltl

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Toronto Raptors v Cleveland Cavaliers - Game Seven

Original Pick: Thon Maker

Jakob Poeltl's Original Draft Position: No. 9

Don't let the nearly unanimous scorn for his current contract obscure what's been a very successful career for Jakob Poeltl.

No, the plodding big man is not worth the $104 million extension the Raptors gave him through 2029-30. But Poeltl has been a substantially above-average starter for the better part of a decade. At this point in the draft, when we're about to start choosing between flash-in-the-pan washouts, backups and single-skill specialists, that counts for something.

Poeltl is fourth among 2016 picks in total rebounds and first in blocks by a mile. His 789 swats are 174 ahead of Zubac in second place. Though he's not a threat to score outside the lane and has had real issues hitting his foul shots, Poeltl has the vision to function as a passing hub at the elbows. His 1,176 career assists rank a surprising 13th in the class, better than any center but Sabonis.

11. Orlando Magic: Buddy Hield

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Atlanta Hawks v Miami Heat

Original Pick: Domantas Sabonis

Buddy Hield's Original Draft Position: No. 6

One of the greatest three-point shooters of all time, Buddy Hield lands here on the strength of his long-range stroke and best-in-class durability. His 765 career games are nearly a full season's worth more than Siakam, who ranks second.

No one picked in 2016 comes near Hield's 2,201 made triples, a total that ranks 15th in league history. Among players with at least 2,000 makes, Hield's career accuracy mark of 39.5 percent is fifth behind Kyle Korver, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Ray Allen. Without qualification or caveat, Hield is among the best snipers to ever lace up sneakers.

Knock Hield for his general inability to dribble the ball without incident and history of suspect defense, but the guy is always available and always dangerous from beyond the arc.

12. Utah Jazz: Malcolm Brogdon

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San Antonio Spurs v Washington Wizards

Original Pick: Taurean Prince

Malcolm Brogdon's Original Draft Position: No. 36

The actual winner of this class' Rookie of the Year award, Malcolm Brogdon certainly benefited from the injury that knocked Simmons out for what should have been his first season. It was still a remarkable achievement for a second-rounder to take the trophy.

Brogdon also snagged a Sixth Man of the Year honor for his work with the Boston Celtics in 2022-23, but he previously had some excellent stretches as a starter. The best of those came in 2020-21 with the Indiana Pacers, when Brogdon averaged 21.2 points, 5.9 assists and 5.3 rebounds across 56 games.

That truncated season was part of the deal with Brogdon, who struggled throughout his career to stay healthy. He played more than 67 games just once, as a rookie, and averaged just 51 across his nine seasons.

After 24 games with the Washington Wizards in 2024-25, Brogdon's age-32 season, his career came to an early end. Overall averages of 15.3 points and 4.7 assists on 38.8 percent three-point shooting marked him as a valuable rotation option and sometime starter who probably could have made an All-Star game or two if his health had cooperated.

13. Phoenix Suns: Dorian Finney-Smith

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Memphis Grizzlies v Houston Rockets

Original Pick: Georgios Papagiannis

Dorian Finney-Smith's Original Draft Position: Undrafted

Dorian Finney-Smith joins VanVleet as the second undrafted player to crack the lottery, climbing to No. 13 on the strength of his portable two-way game.

At his best, DFS was a knockdown three-point threat who could credibly guard the opponent's most dangerous scorerโ€”whether that assignment was a wing or a forward. His peak came during a three-year span with the Dallas Mavericks from 2019-20 to 2021-22 when his hottest shooting run made him an ideal complement to Luka Donฤiฤ‡.

He drilled over 39.5 percent of his triples in the final two years of that stretch and took on a critical role for a Mavs team that reached the Conference Finals.

For the better part of a decade, teams of all kinds have been looking for role players best described as a "Dorian Finney-Smith type." That's about as high of a compliment as you can pay a guy with a career scoring average of 8.0 points per game.

14. Chicago Bulls: Alex Caruso

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Oklahoma City Thunder v San Antonio Spurs - Game Six

Original Pick: Denzel Valentine

Alex Caruso's Original Draft Position: Undrafted

If volume weren't a concern and we were only re-drafting on the strength of a player's performance when available, Alex Caruso would be an easy top-10 choice.

Because he only averages 21.8 minutes per game, has started only about a quarter of his total appearances and has lost significant time to injuries in virtually every season, this is as high as Caruso can finish.

A two-time champion who has rated as one of the very best defenders in the league throughout his career, Caruso changes games with his intensity on the ball and predatory instincts away from it. Though his three-point shot has come and gone, it's worth noting that Caruso has hit over 40.0 percent of his treys in three separate seasons.

When he's hitting from deep, he's basically a superstar with a minutes restriction.

15. Denver Nuggets: Caris LeVert

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Cleveland Cavaliers v Detroit Pistons - Game Seven

Original Pick: Juancho Hernangomez

Caris LeVert's Original Draft Position: No. 20

Caris LeVert's occasionally strong scoring numbers stand out against a dwindling pack of quality options.

Originally picked 20th by the Brooklyn Nets, the slithery wing never consistently established himself as a deep threat (career 34.4 percent) but topped 15.0 points per game three times, peaking at 20.2 across 47 contests with the Nets in 2020-21.

Not quite a point guard and not quite reliable enough to defend tough matchups on the other end, LeVert was best utilized as a bench scoring threat who could sometimes run hot against opposing second units.

A spotty health record prevents a higher draft slot, as LeVert only appeared in more than 70 games in two of his 10 seasons.

16. Boston Celtics: Derrick Jones Jr.

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Dallas Mavericks v Los Angeles Clippers

Original Pick: Guerschon Yabusele

Derrick Jones Jr.'s Original Draft Position: Undrafted

In Derrick Jones Jr., the re-drafting Boston Celtics get a more athletic version of Finney-Smith with a less reliable jumper.

One of the best in-game dunkers of the last 20 years, Jones established himself off the bench with the Miami Heat in the late-2010s and has actually become a much more frequent starter as he's aged. In fact, his three highest minutes-per-game averages have all come in the past threes seasonsโ€”an unusual development for a player who initially got his shot because of raw athleticism.

That's a testament to Jones' evolving and increasingly well-rounded offensive game. In his last two seasons with the Clippers, he's set career highs in scoring (10.1 points per game) and three-point accuracy (35.9 percent).

Jones has become a quality defender at multiple positions, is a dangerous transition threat and can still do some high rising after a decade in the league.

17. Memphis Grizzlies: Taurean Prince

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Milwaukee Bucks v Brooklyn Nets

Original Pick: Wade Baldwin IV

Taurean Prince's Original Draft Position: No. 12

Taurean Prince's 608 games and 351 starts slot him comfortably inside the top 10 of both categories, and he's one of only four 2016 picks to hit over 1,000 career threes while shooting better than 38.0 percent from deep.

For a decent stretch in his early career with the Atlanta Hawks, Prince even looked the part of a potential star two-way wing. His best season came in 2017-18, when he averaged a career-best 14.1 points to go along with 4.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists while starting all 82 games.

For the most part, however, Prince has been a low-usage shooting specialist whose big-wing frame never delivered the defensive results many expected.

The shooting has been useful, especially over the past two seasons, but Prince carries a negative career Box Plus/Minus and has never been a factor as a passer or self-sufficient shot-creator.

18. Detroit Pistons: Malik Beasley

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2025 NBA Playoffs - New York Knicks v Detroit Pistons - Game Six

Original Pick: Henry Ellenson

Malik Beasley's Original Draft Position: No. 19

After the 2024-25 season, Malik Beasley became a free agent and is now facing federal gambling charges after a June 2026 indictment that he has denied; the nine-year NBA veteran still manages to climb one spot from his actual draft position.

With five seasons shooting better than 39.0 percent from long range, he seemed to be reaching an even higher level during his last two campaigns. He shot 41.3 percent from distance with the Bucks in 2023-24, then upped his attempt rate to a rapid-fire 9.3 per game and hit even more often at 41.6 percent for the Pistons in 2024-25.

Earlier in his career, the shooting guard was even viewed as a credible wing defender.

Because Beasley's NBA future is in serious doubt amid his federal gambling case, it's too hard to rate him ahead of several players still turning in productive seasons.

19. Denver Nuggets: Kris Dunn

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Oklahoma City Thunder v Los Angeles Clippers

Original Pick: Malik Beasley

Kris Dunn's Original Draft Position: No. 5

As was the case with Alex Caruso a few picks before, Kris Dunn would have a lot more recognition if he'd been available more often. The difference is that while Caruso's low minute and game totals were due to health issues, Dunn's owed to an underwhelming offensive game that very nearly pushed him out of the league.

A top-five pick that the Minnesota Timberwolves hoped could become a franchise point guard, Dunn simply never shot the ball well enough to fulfill expectations.

By 2020, it seemed as if his time in the NBA was finished.

By reinventing himself as a fearsome on-ball defender, Dunn battled back and is now a prized rotation weapon who has even started 126 of the 156 games he's played over the last two years. His deep shot has even come around, as evidenced by last year's 37.4 percent clip from three.

As long as you don't need Dunn to create shots or spam pick-and-rolls, he'll bring value as a defensive menace against opposing point guards.

20. Indiana Pacers: Georges Niang

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Miami Heat v Atlanta Hawks - Play-In Tournament

Original Pick: Caris LeVert

Georges Niang's Original Draft Position: No. 50

It'd probably take you a half-dozen guesses before you chose the top shooter from the 2016 draft class. Maybe more.

Georges Niang's career mark of 39.9 percent on treys is better than Hield's. It's better than Beasley's. It's better than Murray's and Brogdon's and Ingram's.

Granted, the volume has never quite matched up with those guys. But Niang has hit 883 triples in his career spread across five teams, bringing legitimate size and a defensive edge that often runs right up to the line of "purposeful irritation" along with all those long bombs.

His nickname, "The Minivan", is also of unsurpassed quality. It perfectly describes Niang's utility and...let's call them unhurried movements.

21. Atlanta Hawks: Gary Payton II

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Golden State Warriors v Sacramento Kings

Original Pick: DeAndre' Bembry

Gary Payton II's Original Draft Position: Undrafted

Gary Payton II didn't end up becoming the kind of player anyone expected, and that's probably why he's still in the league long after dozens of players picked ahead of him are long gone.

The defense was a given, but Payton, a point guard in college, only found his niche after going undrafted and nearly slipping out of the league more than once.

He's a glue guy. A connector. A rebounder. An elite cutter and a wildly disruptive hustler. He was an indispensable piece of Golden State's 2022 championship run, playing 71 games and hoarding 1.4 steals in only 17.6 minutes per contest.

In the seasons where he's shot the ball reasonably well from deep, he's been a hugely positive rotation piece. That's more than good enough to get into the first round.

22. Charlotte Hornets: Juancho Hernangomez

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Original Pick: Malachi Richardson

Juancho Hernangomez's Original Draft Position: No. 15

If he'd been a better defender during his career, Juancho Hernangomez would have come much closer to his real-life spot at No. 15. Because he never offered much punch on that end, he slides into the 20s.

Even without a two-way profile, he offered value as a shooter and slasher in a handful of seasons. He shot 40.7 percent from deep as a rookie and produced eight 20-point games in his career.

At the very least, Hernangomez, a smooth mover at 6'9", always looked the part of a tantalizing potential star. It's probably why he might be most notable for starring in exactly that role in Adam Sandler's Hustle.

23. Boston Celtics: Marquese Chriss

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Sacramento Kings v Golden State Warriors

Original Pick: Ante Zizic

Marquese Chriss' Original Draft Position: No. 8

A seventh-place finish in Rookie of the Year voting was pretty solid for the No. 8 pick, but it didn't start an upward climb for Chriss, who was no longer a regular starter by his second season and failed to develop the floor game necessary to make his athleticism impactful.

Considering he'd nearly fallen out of the league, a redemptive 2019-20 with the Warriors was impressive. Chriss put up a career-best 9.3 points per game and shot 54.5 percent from the field that year, producing the only positive VORP figure of his career.

24. Philadelphia 76ers: DeAndre' Bembry

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Orlando Magic v Atlanta Hawks

Original Pick: Timothรฉ Luwawu-Cabarrot

DeAndre' Bembry's Original Draft Position: No. 21

A mostly inefficient scorer who lacked ideal size for the wing, DeAndre' Bembry posted some solid assist rates (while also being extremely turnover-prone) and was also a significantly above-average disruptor for his position.

With steal rates that consistently rated in or above the 90th percentile during his career, the real-life No. 21 pick found ways to make a difference that didn't involve scoring.

A more reliable jumper would have kept Bembry in the league beyond 2021-22.

25. LA Clippers: Timothรฉ Luwawu-Cabarrot

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Toronto Raptors v Philadelphia 76ers

Original Pick: Brice Johnson

Timothรฉ Luwawu-Cabarrot's Original Draft Position: No. 24

Rangy at 6'7" and an occasionally slippery scorer who averaged 13.3 points per 36 minutes for his career, TLC even managed to hone his long-range shot later as he aged. If he'd come into the league hitting 38.8 percent of his threes, which he did in 2019-20 with the Brooklyn Nets, he might have established himself a little more firmly.

It probably didn't help that Luwawu-Cabarrot started his career during the waning stages of The Process in Philadelphia, where tons of young players had difficult developmental arcs.

26. Philadelphia 76ers: Guerschon Yabusele

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Chicago Bulls v Washington Wizards

Original Pick: Furkan Korkmaz

Guerschon Yabusele's Original Draft Position: No. 16

Guerschon Yabusele's 2024-25 season was better than any produced by other players in this draft range, and it was all the more impressive because it came after a five-year span overseas.

Yabu struggled to hit shots and defend with his original team, the Celtics, and was out of the league after two seasons. Following his NBA hiatus, he put up 11.0 points and 5.6 rebounds in 27.1 minutes per game while shooting 38.0 percent from three. He couldn't repeat that with the Knicks and Bulls last year, but we're running out of picks who've been useful rotation players at any point in their careers.

27. Toronto Raptors: Damion Lee

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Boston Celtics v Phoenix Suns

Original Pick: Pascal Siakam

Damion Lee's Original Draft Position: Undrafted

This is a bit of a downgrade for the Raptors, who made off with the heist of the 2016 draft when they snatched two-time All-NBA forward Pascal Siakam here in reality.

This time around, they settle for Damion Lee, a fairly one-dimensional guard whose value ebbed and flowed with his shooting. That said, Lee put up 12.7 points per game in his best season, logging 36 starts in 49 appearances for the 2019-20 Warriors. Though his role was much smaller in 2022-23 with the Suns, he shot a blistering 44.5 percent from deep that year in 74 games.

If you blinked, you missed them, but Lee was a genuinely helpful rotation player on offense for more than one stretch of his career.

28. Phoenix Suns: Furkan Korkmaz

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Philadelphia 76ers v Golden State Warriors

Original Pick: Skal Labissiere

Furkan Korkmaz's Original Draft Position: No. 26

With three separate seasons shooting at least 37.5 percent from deep for the Philadelphia 76ers, Furkan Korkmaz proved to be a playable wing on some pretty successful teams.

Though he couldn't defend, he averaged at least 9.0 points per game in both 2019-20 and 2020-21, when Philly went a combined 92-53.

29. San Antonio Spurs: Danuel House Jr.

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Houston Rockets v Denver Nuggets

Original Pick: Dejounte Murray

Danuel House Jr.'s Original Draft Position: Undrafted

An athletic wing whose three-point shot was just dangerous enough to keep him from being ignored, Danuel House Jr. was the kind of player everyone in the league wanted during the late 2010s.

The Houston Rockets, who specialized in surrounding James Harden with as many House types as possible, unsurprisingly got his best years. House put up 10.5 points per game and shot 36.3 percent from deep in 2019-20, starting 52 of the 63 games he played for a Houston squad that went 44-28 and reached the conference semis.

30. Golden State Warriors: Bryn Forbes

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LA Clippers v San Antonio Spurs

Original Pick: Damion Jones

Bryn Forbes' Original Draft Position: Undrafted

Initially undrafted, Forbes established himself as a shooting specialist with the San Antonio Spurs and concluded his career in 2022-23 with an overall mark of 41.0 percent from long range.

Too small at 6'2" to defend wings and not equipped with a point guard's skill set, the Michigan State product was a classic backcourt tweener whose deep accuracy still made him difficult to keep out off the floor.

Stats courtesy of NBA.com, Basketball Reference and Cleaning the Glass. Salary info via Spotrac.

Grant Hughes covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Bluesky and subscribe to the Hardwood Knocks podcast, where he appears with Bleacher Report's Dan Favale.