Jerami Grant

[kirbivore]

You have to consider draft position when you're considering whether a guy is a bust or not. At #4 in the draft, Wes has pretty much been a bust. You're not looking for a rotational role player at that position. He's been fine for say a #15 pick, but not for a #4.

To get an idea of where Wes ranks among other #4 picks, I went back to the year 2000 to see whom to compare Wes to.

2000 Marcus Fizer
2001 Eddy Curry
2002 Drew Gooden
2003 Chris Bosh
2004 Shaun Livingston
2005 Chris Paul
2006 Tyrus Thomas
2007 Mike Conley
2008 Russell Westbrook
2009 Tyreke Evans
2010 Wesley Johnson
2011 Tristan Thompson
2012 Dion Waiters
2013 Cody Zeller
2014 Aaron Gordon
2015 Kristaps Porzingus
2016 Dragan Bender
2017 Josh Jackson

 

[Cheriehoop]

Average NBA Career Length for Players – Details

9 years would be double the average

Another reason you better make the money quick because you depreciate pretty quickly with replacements available every year. I doubt it's a coincidence that initial contracts are 4 years long.