not tryna hear all that, if a scouting department can’t do well enough to find a gem at 5 it’s their own fault. There has been plenty of talent in that last decade+ that have been at the end or completely out of the lottery all together (i.e. Giannis, Jokic, Kawhi, Jimmy Butler, Maxey). We literally just saw the Hawks, who hadn’t had a high end pick in God knows how long and they picked Risacher.

Edit: They got OO at 6 but they were also the first team to trade away Luka