Conventional wisdom is, by definition, conventional and frequently moronic. Take this article, which takes the pre-draft conventional wisdom and replaces it with post-summer league conventional wisdom, replaying the draft.
There are a couple of things to mention here.
First…it’s summer league! It’s not like it’s the regular season and a lot of the guys playing are going to be in the overseas smoking leagues shortly.
For instance, before the draft, Marvin Bagley was seen as a much better option than his Duke teammate Wendell Carter. After summer league, the author moved him down to…12th?