In 2020 the Oklahoma City Thunder turned in an interesting draft card, trading up the board to select Serbia's Aleksej Pokusevski. This was a pick that started the team's rebuild after a spunky 2019-20 season led by Chris Paul, Oklahoma City was ready to throw themselves full-stop into a rebuild that spanned two seasons with no fans - then limited fans - in attendance.
This was a selection that was met with mixed reviews at the time and has since been much lambasted after seeing who went after Pokusevski. Though, the move was always a high-risk high-reward outcome.