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[QUOTE="DeGrozz, post: 3020210, member: 205"]
You can't just make up numbers, dude.

2014 Top 25 Prospects drafted in the lottery:

1 - Emmanuel Mudiay
2 - Karl Anthony Towns
3 - Stanley Johnson
4 - Jahlil Okafor
5 - Myles turner
6 - Justise Winslow
7 - Trey Lyles
8 - Devin Booker

On top of that you had another 5 first rounders and 3 second rounders.

2015 Top 25 Prospects drafted in the lottery

1- Ben Simmons
2 - Brandon Ingram
3 - Jaylen Brown
4 - Jamal Murray
5 - Luke Kennard

On top of that you had another 2 first rounders and 8 second rounders.

2016 Top 25 Prospects drafted in the lottery

1 - Josh Jackson
2 - Markelle Fultz
3 - Lonzo Ball
4 - De'aaron Fox
5 - Dennis Smith Jr
6 - Jayson Tatum
7 - Jonathan Isaac
8 - Malik Monk
9 - Miles Bridges
10 - Bam Adebayo
11 - Thon Maker
12 - Lauri Markkanen
13 - Zach Collins

On top of that you had another 4 first rounders and 2 second rounders.

At this point, I think it is fair to stop.  I looked at 75 players over 3 years.  You got 26 players who were lottery picks.  There are only 14 lottery spots each year.

On top of that, 16/25 players were drafted from 2014, 15/25 players were drafted in 2015, and 19/25 players were drafted from 2016.  And that doesn't count kids who had career ending/impeding injuries, guys who are sticking around on NBA contracts after being undrafted, and a handful on non-quals who gave up on hoops.  You don't get those types of numbers when you look at players even ranked 26-50.

No one is saying there's not a diamond in the rough here and there, but it's really a crap shoot the higher you get.
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