The 2018 NBA Draft featured now-heavyweight names like Luka Doncic, Trae Young and Deandre Ayton. It also saw the Portland Trail Blazers take upside swings on two young guards, Anfernee Simons and Gary Trent Jr.
In a fun offseason exercise, Bleacher Report’s Andy Bailey “re-drafted” the 2018 first round with the gift of four seasons of hindsight, seeing how things shake up. Bailey assesses Portland’s scouting department nailed it that offseason, with both Blazers prospects rising high compared to their initial value.
Simons, a raw prospect at the time selected with the 24th pick out of IMG Academy, leaped all the way to the 10th pick in the Re-Draft.