1. Tim Duncan - Any other answer is wrong ? He’s literally going to walk in day 1, be an all-star caliber big who’s good at everything off the rip and still have pot to keep growing, not sure how you could possibly argue anything else here
2. Ray Allen - 3rd best pot and probably the most “league ready” player besides Duncan. He’s got the best outside shooting, in a league where shooting is tougher to come by, he has fringe C+ / B- inside and defense, and he has upper tier C handles, solid C rebounder albeit on the lower end of the spectrum. He looks very, very, very good. Everyone jerks off the teens but I’d take TD and Ray Ray 1 and 2 without a doubt.
3. Kobe Bryant - fringe inside, handles, outside and rebounding with the #2 pot at 18 years old. He’s likely B B- C B- C after summer league and weight / height. The part that worries me a bit though is he’s 18 with such great potential that there’s almost no place to go but down and we’ve seen a lot of teen pot deaths off the bat, so that’s why I’d lean TD or Ray over him, they have much higher floors.
4. Allen Iverson - 10th best pot, most well developed offensive scoring profile of any prospect in the draft. Wont play much defense but should be a guy who can shoulder the load offensively and be a flashy, all-star caliber player. I think this is the point in the draft where the top tier drops off but he’s a tremendous conciliation prize for whoever inevitably gets screwed in the lotto and drops out of the top 3.
5. Paul Pierce - Basically the poor man’s version of Ray Allen, super similar build, just a little younger and less skilled. Higher ceiling than Ray, but lower floor.