Most years, when a team is given the opportunity (and by opportunity, I mean “played enough godawful basketball for an entire season”) to pick in the back half of the lottery, the phrase “beggars can’t be choosers” rings true. Those teams should just be happy with a young prospect that might pan out.
But not this year. As we know by now, the Mavericks picked a decent season to be bad. There’s no way to know until years from now, but this draft class looks to be 10 or 11 deep in quality players with lottery talent.