It feels cliché at this point to label the NBA draft as unpredictable—by nature, it obviously is from the outside looking it, and it’s not exactly a scalding stance to have on the matter. That being said, the 2019 draft, which many scouts still find a bit underwhelming (in concert with preseason opinion), seems to be a little harder to sus out than usual. While a range of players have started to set themselves apart as probable first-rounders, the talent gap, if you were to eliminate the top handful of prospects, is in many instances simply not that wide.