![]() ![]() A national champion, knockdown catch-and-shoot option, strong playmaker, and solid defender, Butler is the steal of the draft to fall this far. He has performed exceptionally well over the past few years and was recently given another round of clearance to play in the NBA, by the league’s Fitness to Play panel. Those concerns, though, are nothing new they date back to his initial commitment to Alabama out of high school, which never materialized due to Butler’s preexisting heart condition, for which he has since been cleared. Medical concerns were a driving factor in Jared Butler’s fall from projected first-round pick to his eventual landing spot at No. While it is impossible to know if a draft-day steal is actually going to be realized until they take the court, let’s take a dive into some players that - on paper - appear to have been drafted much later than they could have been. Sometimes they are simply the best player available and dropped a few spots, whereas other times they are clearly the player with the highest ceiling late in the draft. These steals do not always pan out, but they occur when the perceived value of a player is far higher than the pick number in which they were selected. ![]() And while some selections could be deemed as “reaches”, many others fall under the “steals” category. There were also the eye-popping selections of projected late-first-rounders Ziaire Williams (No. 5 after previously being seen as a universal Top 4 prospect. Perhaps the first major one in 2021 was Jalen Suggs slipping to No. You never know who a team is going to pick until Woj or Shams tweets it (ugh) and even then, it is impossible to know which careers will pan out or who will be labeled the next great bust. Hope springs eternal at the draft each year, and that is part of what makes it such a special night.Īdditionally, there is an incredible degree of uncertainty that makes the event so spectacular. Every team, regardless of market size, has the opportunity to “choose” the players with which they can build around. Optimism is at the core of the NBA Draft. ![]()
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