Just four years after the 2012 NBA Draft, Draymond Green is already the go-to woulda-coulda-shoulda selection of NBA talent evaluators. Prompt nearly any GM or scout, and they’ll besiege you with assertions that they were the only one in their war room lobbying for Green, or they were merely one selection away from snatching him up. Amazing how the guy everyone wanted somehow lasted until the 35th overall selection.
Down the road, Georges Niang may garner the same envious adoration from NBA decision makers. Niang is far from a perfect facsimile for Green, but squint just hard enough and you’ll see double.