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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 2005736, member: 767"]
That's true for a lot of guys, but Anthony Davis and Karl Anthony-Towns are probably 2 of the 4 or 5 best young players in the league?  It's easy to say that anyone would turn those guys into pros, and that's almost certainly true, but I don't think it's a given those guys become immediate studs no matter what.

Anthony Davis was the top player in the class of 2011, but Austin Rivers was right behind him and he's not in the same league.  Quincy Miller was #5, and hes not even in the league.

Karl Towns was the #4 player in his class, behind Stanley Johnson and Emmanual Mudiay, as well as Okafor.  Remember Cliff Alexander?  He was one spot behind Karl Anthony Towns.

Devin Booker was ranked behind Chris McCullough that year, Booker was a lotto pick after one year.  Willie Cauley Stein was around #40 in RSCI his freshmen year, behind Rakeem Christmas and Tyler Ennis in their respective years, he was a lotto pick.

John Wall and Cousins, everyone knew they'd be studs, right?  Well, they were 2 and 3 in their year, Derrick Favors was #1, but the guys right behind them were Avery Bradley, Xavier Henry, John Henson, and Renardi Sidney.  Eric Bledsoe was a fringe top 50 freshmen who went 18th overall after a year.  Jerami grant was ranked higher in his class and went 20 picks later in the draft.

Now granted, then you have the misses, I'm not  saying it's perfect.  But it's not like the mere fact that you are a high level pick means you're destined to be a star or a lotto pick in the NBA.
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