History proves that.
All-Stars can emerge after most of the league passed on them. That was the case for Golden State’s Draymond Green, who fell to the Warriors after a dominant college career at Michigan State.
They also can fall in the draft and bounce from team to team, which was the case for Boston’s Isaiah Thomas.
Both are now not only All-Stars, but among the top players on the best teams the league.
DeAndre Jordan and Marc Gasol also were picked in the second round of the draft in the last decade. We could dig deeper, but here are the 10 best second-round picks since 2007.