When it comes to the NBA Draft, and projecting what a player was versus previously versus what a player could be in the future, at the risk of using even more sports clichés, it really is all about beauty being in the eye of the beholder, and the process being much more of an art than a science.
Sometimes, that player you selected can completely alter the trajectory of an NBA franchise, turning them from one of the league’s also-ran teams into a perennial contender. And other times, “missing” on an early selection in the NBA Draft can almost certainly promise your team another multi-year stay in the NBA’s version of purgatory.
To further examine that dichotomy, let’s look at the best selection ever made in the NBA Draft by each NBA team, as well as the worst pick (made in the first round) by those teams as well.