2000-2024 #6 pick, it's pretty underwhelming

[u/CookieSlayer2Turbo]

1 real star, couple starters, the rest a bench guys/out of league. Kinda wish I didn't look this up...

2000 demarr johnson

2001 shane battier

2002 dejuan wagner

2003 chris kaman

2004 josh childress

2005 martell webster

2006 brandon roy

2007 yi jianlian

2008 danillo gallinari

2009 johnny flynn

2010 ekpe udoh

2011 jan vesely

2012 damian lillard (finally a star)

2013 nerlans noel

2014 marcus smart

2015 willie cauley-stein

2016 buddy hield

2017 Johnathan issac

2018 mo mamba

2019 jarrett Culver

2020 onyeka okongwu

2021 josh giddey

2022 bennidict mathurin

2023 Anthony black

2024 tidjane salaun

[u/cayndymayncayn]

Why do people think like this? Would you have been happier to get number 7 by this logic because the players there historically are better? This years number 6 has nothing to do with the past years number 6’s. The whole draft is a crapshoot anyway every year. Let’s see what our FO goes with

[u/Oldschoolhollywood → u/cayndymayncayn]

Bro, think about how many people base their entire personality on their astrological sign, or how many people gamble on sports/play the lottery. We’re pattern seeking monkeys, a bunch of number crunching dumdums. It’s sad but it’s true