After months and months of pre-draft overanalysis, Larry Bird would be best served channeling a familiar, but simple strategy on draft night.
Hey, Thon, Cheick, Dejounte, Malik, Malachi, Furkan, Ben, you better be ready.
You better make sure your suit's pressed (some variation of Blue-and-Gold tint is highly encouraged), your smile's locked in, your hair's crappy-hat prepped, and please, no nappin' through the first round no matter how many mock drafts say that you should. Why? Because Larry Bird's coming for you.
Full disclosure: I don't know that for sure. I've got about as much NBA insider knowledge as an orangutan, but it's not really about whether I'm right or wrong, it's about what's best for the franchise, and recent history suggests what's best for the franchise is for Larry to take a chance on draft night.