The impact and production of the 2019 NBA Draft class has already been on display. Zion Williamson was an All-Star selection, while Ja Morant, RJ Barrett, De’Andre Hunter and Matisse Thybulle played key roles on playoff teams. Cameron Johnson was a top-7 player on an NBA Finals squad.
The disappointments of this class are also on display, from Jarrett Culver failing to develop for the Minnesota Timberwolves to the San Antonio Spurs fumbling the 19th pick on Luka Samanic. Some decisions were questionable at the time, while others looked fine but turned sour.
We have two seasons of data on the 2019 NBA Draft class. What grade have all 30 teams earned with how they used their picks in the draft?
In the slides to follow we will analyze how each team in the NBA used its picks in the 2019 NBA Draft. Our grading system is not merely looking for quantity or even overall quality, but specifically how a team did with the picks it had. The Golden State Warriors get more credit for taking Jordan Poole at 28th than the New York Knicks get for taking RJ Barrett at third, as the expected return on the third pick is much higher.
Trades, made before or after the draft, are largely not figured into the calculus here, although in the case of the Milwaukee Bucks — who traded out of the draft completely — we will comment on it. Undrafted players count only if their team identified them immediately and signed them in the summer of 2019. The overall rankings of players two years later is the opinion of the author, and the same rankings were used to produce the 2019 NBA Redraft here.
The average grade for a team is C+, so to reach an A a team has to maximize the potential of each of its draft picks. We’ll start with a team earning the rare and coveted “A+” grade for their work in the 2019 NBA Draft, adding a pair of top-10 players, including one future star.
leaped all the way to eighth in our redraft</a>.</p>
<p>Eric Paschall likewise moved up, as he showed during his rookie season he has scoring chops and good instincts. His physical limitations and mediocre shooting limit his upside, but he’s been a good return on investment. The knock is Alen Smailagic, whose original selection was the Warriors getting too “clever” and has completely failed to turn tantalizing potential into anything resembling professional basketball.</p>
<p><strong>Charlotte Hornets: A-</strong></p>
<p><em>P.J. Washington (12); Cody Martin (36); Jalen McDaniels (52); Caleb Martin (undrafted)</em></p>
<p>The Charlotte Hornets took a late lottery pick and two second-rounders and came away with four players who saw significant minutes this past season. P.J. Washington is a two-way big who can play power forward or slide to small-ball center, and moved up a couple of slots in the 2019 NBA Redraft.</p>
<p>The Martin twins have both proven they can hang around an NBA roster, with Cody a legitimate rotation player with his defense and decision-making. Caleb is a better shooter and has already provided more than most undrafted players. Jalen McDaniels was a flier in the late second round who has flashed some potential and has been worth his roster spot thus far.</p>
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<h2>Regrading all 30 teams for the 2019 NBA Draft: B+ Grades</h2>
<p><strong>Miami Heat: B+</strong></p>
<p><em>Tyler Herro (13); KZ Okpala (32)</em></p>
<p>After an unexpected run to the NBA Finals in 2020, it looked like Tyler Herro might be a top-3 player in this class. Instead, he crashed back to earth this season and proved that the NBA Bubble was just a hot streak, and Herro instead looks like the 9th best player in this draft. KZ Okpala is incredibly athletic but hasn’t shown himself to be much more than that yet.</p>
<p><strong>New York Knicks: B+</strong></p>
<p><em>RJ Barrett (3); Ignas Brazdeikas (47)</em></p>
<p>The New York Knicks got the short end of the NBA Draft Lottery stick, dropping to third when they had the worst record in the league. To their credit, they still found the third-best player in this draft class, as RJ Barrett has developed into a stout defender on the wing. He can make plays with the ball in his hands and is coming along as an outside shooter after an abysmal rookie season.</p>
<p>The Knicks’ second-round pick, “Iggy” Brazdeikas, is already bouncing around the league as he tries to show himself worthy of a roster spot.</p>
<p><strong>New Orleans Pelicans: B+</strong></p>
<p><em>Zion Williamson (1); Jaxson Hayes (8); Nickeil Alexander-Walker (17); Didi Louzada (35)</em></p>
<p>The New Orleans Pelicans don’t get credit here for earning the first overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery, but they do get some credit for getting it right. We can ask the Cleveland Cavaliers of 2013 and 2014 how you shouldn’t make assumptions when you pick first overall. They nailed the pick, taking a generational superstar who has already made his first All-Star Game.</p>
<p>The Pelicans had plenty of picks after Zion Williamson as well. They took raw center Jaxson Hayes with the eighth pick; he is still raw and fell 16 picks in the redraft. Nickeil Alexander-Walker, however, has been about as expected as a combo guard with size and shake; he still has the upside to become a starter for the Pelicans.</p>
<p>Finally, the Pelicans used their second-round pick on Didi Louzada, a Brazilian wing who spent most of the past two seasons in Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL) before the Pelicans brought him over at the end of this past season. His three career games net him simply an “incomplete” at this point in time.</p>
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<h2>Regrading all 30 teams for the 2019 NBA Draft: B Grades</h2>
<p><strong>Brooklyn Nets: B</strong></p>
<p><em>Nic Claxton (31); Jaylen Hands (56)</em></p>
<p>Nic Claxton looks like he might be the best center in this draft class, a do-it-all defensive big with some classic rim-running traits on offense. He leaped from 31st to 12th in the redraft as he has become the best big defender on a title contender. The Nets’ other second-round pick, Jaylen Hands, has not played a game in the NBA and was mediocre in 40 games in the G League.</p>
<p><strong>Phoenix Suns: B</strong></p>
<p><em>Cameron Johnson (11); Ty Jerome (24)</em></p>
<p>The Phoenix Suns were widely panned for trading back from sixth to eleventh in the 2019 NBA Draft and then taking Cameron Johnson, one of the older players in the draft and thought to be a one-trick pony. Johnson has proven his doubters wrong already, playing a key role on a Phoenix team that made the NBA Finals. He is a great shooter but also has some utility attacking closeouts and is helpful on defense.</p>
<p>Ty Jerome, the team’s second first-rounder, is more of a question mark. The 6’5″ guard has logged just 64 total games due to injury, but the good news is he increased his accuracy significantly in his second season, now playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder. If he takes another step forward he will begin to look like a rotation player and more worthy of a late first-round pick.</p>
<p><strong>Atlanta Hawks: B</strong></p>
<p><em>De’Andre Hunter (4); Cam Reddish (10); Bruno Fernando (34)</em></p>
<p>The Atlanta Hawks went into the 2019 NBA Draft wanting to upgrade their wing depth and their defense, and it’s hard to say they failed in doing so. Hunter is probably the best wing defender in the draft, and as a second-year player flashed real offensive upside. Cam Reddish out of Duke has struggled with an inconsistent shot after being billed as a shooter, but defensively has been a difference-maker and only fell to 15th in the redraft. Finally, Bruno Fernando has been fine as a fourth big but hasn’t popped.</p>
<p><strong>Los Angeles Lakers: B</strong></p>
<p><em>Talen Horton-Tucker (46)</em></p>
<p>The Los Angeles Lakers had just a single pick in the back-half of the second round, and yet they came away with a rotation player who might even become something more. Talen Horton-Tucker fell in the draft for unknown reasons, but his work ethic and insane wingspan have translated into a player who might be a hot commodity for the Lakers and the league at large in restricted free agency this summer.</p>
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<h2>Regrading all 30 teams for the 2019 NBA Draft: B- Grades</h2>
<p><strong>San Antonio Spurs: B-</strong></p>
<p><em>Luka Samanic (19); Keldon Johnson (29); Quinndary Weatherspoon (49)</em></p>
<p>The San Antonio Spurs get a mixed-bag grade for how they handled their 2019 NBA Draft capital. On the one hand, they took Keldon Johnson at 29th and he looks like a top-5 player in this class as a two-way forward. On the other hand, they used the 19th pick on Luka Samanic, a power forward flier who has completely bombed thus far. Quinndary Weatherspoon is a shooting guard who can’t shoot. In all the Spurs would look great to have traded those three picks for pick No. 5, but they also deserve some critique because the upside was there to do better.</p>
<p><strong>Oklahoma City Thunder: B-</strong></p>
<p><em>Darius Bazley (23); Lugentz Dort (undrafted)</em></p>
<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder took a first-round flier on a superb athlete with the tools to become the next Jerami Grant. Bazley has shown enough to keep that belief alive, but he hasn’t realized his potential to this point. On the flip side, Lugentz Dort went from undrafted two-way contract signee to defensive bulldog who could start for many contenders.</p>
<p><strong>Philadelphia 76ers: B-</strong></p>
<p><em>Matisse Thybulle (20); Marial Shayok (54)</em></p>
<p>Matisse Thybulle is one of the most difficult players to evaluate, as he is one of the league’s best defenders, full-stop. He then gives most of those gains back at the offensive end where opposing teams know they don’t have to defend him. He moved up to 17 in the redraft. Marial Shayok, on the other hand, has logged just 28 career minutes, but has balled out in the G League and could latch on as a bench guard next year.</p>
<p><strong>Toronto Raptors: B-</strong></p>
<p><em>Terence Davis (undrafted)</em></p>
<p>Terence Davis is not a future star or probably even a future starter, but since the Toronto Raptors parlayed “0” picks in the 2019 NBA Draft into a rotation player they earn a positive grade. Davis is a strong shooter and defender, and will likely hang around the league for a decade in some capacity.</p>
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<h2>Regrading all 30 teams for the 2019 NBA Draft: C+ Grades</h2>
<p><strong>Denver Nuggets: C+</strong></p>
<p><em>Bol Bol (44)</em></p>
<p>The expected return on a middling second-round pick is quite low, so for the Denver Nuggets to capture upside with the pick makes it a decent selection. Bol Bol hasn’t been able to earn consistent minutes as he finds himself on a contending team, but there is definitely still a chance he takes a leap in the coming years.</p>
<p><strong>Chicago Bulls: C+</strong></p>
<p><em>Coby White (7); Daniel Gafford (38)</em></p>
<p>Coby White has been fine as the starting point guard for the Chicago Bulls, playing major minutes and at the very least demonstrating he can score the basketball, albeit inefficiently. Gafford, on the other hand, has risen in the redraft as a low-end starting center who couldn’t crack through in Chicago but is playing great on a per-minute basis.</p>
<p><strong>Dallas Mavericks: C+</strong></p>
<p><em>Isaiah Roby (45)</em></p>
<p>The Dallas Mavericks moved Isaiah Roby in a trade, but as a second-year player, he has begun to develop for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He can rebound and shoots well enough from the free-throw line that he could one day develop an outside shot. Two years in Roby has a chance to make it in the league, which is good enough for where he was chosen.</p>
<p><strong>Utah Jazz: C+</strong></p>
<p><em>Jarrell Brantley (50); Justin Wright-Foreman (53); Miye Oni (58); Juwan Morgan (undrafted)</em></p>
<p>The Utah Jazz waited a long time to make their first pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, but then they set off a flurry of activity in picking three players in the span of nine picks. Miye Oni has been the best of the group, earning a rotation spot on the team with the best record in the league this past season.</p>
<p>Justin Wright-Foreman has been strong in the G League but has logged just four games with the parent club. Juwan Morgan played rotation minutes last season but has faded since. No one from this group is guaranteed to be in the NBA in three years, but the Jazz might still get a reliable player from them.</p>
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<h2>Regrading all 30 teams for the 2019 NBA Draft: C Grades</h2>
<p><strong>Milwaukee Bucks: C</strong></p>
<p><em>None</em></p>
<p>The Milwaukee Bucks entered and exited the 2019 NBA Draft without making a single selection. They moved their first-round pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a cost-cutting move to free up the space to re-sign multiple free agents. Seeing as how the Bucks are now NBA champions it seems to have been worth it.</p>
<p><strong>Orlando Magic: C</strong></p>
<p><em>Chuma Okeke (16)</em></p>
<p>In a somewhat bizarre “wink, wink” transaction the Orlando Magic selected injured Auburn forward Chuma Okeke 16th overall, and then convinced him to rehab without starting the clock on his rookie contract. This past year became his rookie season, and he showed some real flashes for the Magic and went 16th again in the redraft.</p>
<p><strong>Cleveland Cavaliers: C</strong></p>
<p><em>Darius Garland (5); Dylan Windler (26); Kevin Porter Jr. (30)</em></p>
<p>To have the fifth pick in the draft and three first-rounders overall, and walk away with just one surefire rotation piece is a disappointment for the Cavaliers. That being said, Porter Jr. played well in Houston, but the Cavaliers dumped him after the relationship between the two sides completely fell apart. It’s hard to grade them well for taking him.</p>
<p>Dylan Windler has been frequently injured but still has a chance to be a solid offensive wing. Darius Garland was the first player taken out of the “first four” and went 11th in our redraft. He’s a talented guard who improved his playmaking last year, but he’s also a defensive sieve and his star upside has dwindled significantly.</p>
<p><strong>Houston Rockets: C</strong></p>
<p><em>Chris Clemons (undrafted)</em></p>
<p>The Houston Rockets traded their first-round pick in a salary-dumping trade in the 2018-19 season, and their second years previously to add Pablo Prigioni as a backup point guard. They didn’t come away from the draft empty-handed, however; as undrafted free agent, Chris Clemons looked like a rotation guard as a rookie before he missed all of last year due to injury.</p>
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<h2>Regrading all 30 teams for the 2019 NBA Draft: C- Grades</h2>
<p><strong>Indiana Pacers: C-</strong></p>
<p><em>Goga Bitadze (18)</em></p>
<p>The Indiana Pacers in 2019 were building a team around their young pair of centers in Myles Turner and Domantas Sabonis. They then made the inexplicable decision to draft another center in Goga Bitadze, who has unsurprisingly been buried in Indiana. The Pacers continue to devote resources to the most replaceable position in basketball.</p>
<p>Even if you want to give them the “benefit of the doubt” in taking the best player available, they whiffed on that evaluation as well. Brandon Clarke, Keldon Johnson, Jordan Poole and Matisse Thybulle have all been better and play more valuable positions. The Pacers didn’t even pick the right center, as both Nic Claxton and Daniel Gafford have been better than Bitadze thus far.</p>
<p><strong>LA Clippers: C-</strong></p>
<p><em>Mfiondu Kabengele (27); Terance Mann (48)</em></p>
<p>The LA Clippers went into the draft with a late first and a middling second and came out with a rotation guard and a whiff. That statement is fine, if unexciting, but it hides the fact that the Clippers whiffed with their first-round pick and hit on the second-rounder.</p>
<p>If, for example, they had taken Keldon Johnson (went 29th) instead of Kebengele, the Clippers would have a forward-sized player they could trust in the rotation. He would be insurance in case Nic Batum leaves, and could likely even start by next season. Instead, they already cut Kabengele loose. Mann has turned himself into a tough defender who can occasionally get hot from outside.</p>
<p><strong>Washington Wizards: C-</strong></p>
<p><em>Rui Hachimura (9); Admiral Schofield (42); Garrison Matthews (undrafted)</em></p>
<p>In our 2019 NBA Redraft, Rui Hachimura and Garrison Mathews went back-to-back at picks 26 and 27. The represents a significant disappointment two years in for Hachimura, who has struggled to transition into being a role player. It also represents a significant hit on Mathews, a great defender and shooter they picked up after the draft. Schofield played only a handful of games as a rookie and was traded as a throw-in at the 2020 NBA Draft.</p>
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<h2>Regrading all 30 teams for the 2019 NBA Draft: D Grades</h2>
<p><strong>Sacramento Kings: D+</strong></p>
<p><em>Justin James (40); Kyle Guy (55); Vanja Marinkovic (60)</em></p>
<p>The Sacramento Kings had very little draft capital in the 2019 NBA Draft, having moved their first-round pick years ago (it shows up further down this page for the Boston Celtics; even picks the Kings give up have their bad luck). Armed with three picks in the final 20 slots of the second round, they came away with….nothing.</p>
<p>Mr. Irrelevant, Vanja Marinkovic, has not come to the NBA to this point. Kyle Guy has been on a two-way contract and Justin James at the back of the roster; they combined for just 545 minutes all season. Of the two Guy has the best chance to stick around as a third point guard if his 3-point shooting can come around.</p>
<p><strong>Portland Trail Blazers: D+</strong></p>
<p><em>Nassir Little (25)</em></p>
<p>Nassir Little was never supposed to be available for Portland at pick No. 25, but a terrible freshman season at North Carolina cratered the draft stock of the onetime top-5 prospect. Unfortunately reaching the NBA hasn’t helped things, as Little has only earned a role as the Blazers’ fifth forward. For a team in desperate need of a forward prospect to pop, that’s a brutal indictment indeed.</p>
<p><strong>Boston Celtics: D</strong></p>
<p><em>Romeo Langford (14); Grant Williams (22); Carsen Edwards (33); Tremont Waters (51); Tacko Fall (undrafted)</em></p>
<p>The Boston Celtics entered the draft with plenty of pieces with which to significantly improve the roster. Somehow each pick, while not a complete failure, has returned a value lower than its slot. Romeo Langford and Grant Williams are fringe first-round prospects now, while Carsen Edwards and Tremont Waters are both on the rim of the roster fighting for likely one spot. Tacko Fall was worth a flier on a two-way contract but hasn’t been able to earn playing time even when the Celtics’ centers were injured.</p>
<p><strong>Detroit Pistons: D-</strong></p>
<p><em>Sekou Doumbouya (15); Devidas Sirvydis (37); Jordan Bone (57)</em></p>
<p>The Detroit Pistons knew they were likely entering a rebuild in 2019 but didn’t want to admit it. They took a pair of projects with their two prime picks, and neither has turned out yet. Sekou Doumbouya has gone from raw to theoretically less raw but isn’t going to help Detroit win games anytime soon. Similarly, Devidas Sirvydis has been a terrible shooter in his small 20 game sample. Jordan Boone was largely ineffectual on a two-way contract with the Pistons, and last season on another with the Orlando Magic.</p>
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<h2>Regrading all 30 teams for the 2019 NBA Draft: F Grade</h2>
<p><strong>Minnesota Timberwolves: F</strong></p>
<p><em>Jarrett Culver (6); Jaylen Nowell (43)</em></p>
<p>In our 2020 NBA Redraft, the Phoenix Suns sat all alone at the bottom with their “F” grade for the draft. Here we yet again have a single team at the bottom with that loathsome “F” glaring on their report card. Simply put, the Timberwolves blew the draft.</p>
<p>First, they traded up from the 11th slot with the Phoenix Suns, sending out Dario Saric in the process. Saric has been a solid veteran option for the Suns, and a Timberwolves team in desperate need of help at the 4 could have used him the last two years. That being said, trading up means you get the better prospect, right?</p>
<p>For the Timberwolves, wrong, wrong and wrong. Jarrett Culver, the Timberwolves’ pick at 6th in the 2019 NBA Draft, has been atrocious thus far in his career. While he is still only 22 years old the start has been terrible and no one can have confidence in a recovery, just wild hope.</p>
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<p>Despite playing on a perennial lottery team Culver has struggled to earn minutes, averaging just 14.7 per game last season to go with 5.3 points on 41.1 shooting from the field and 24.5 percent from 3-point range. Culver is a career 50.3 percent free-throw shooter, so it’s not looking like he simply got a little cold from outside. This is who he is as a scorer and shooter.</p>
<p>Culver was supposed to be a devastating wing defender, and he has been fine on that end. To earn a starting job he would need to prove he is elite on defense and survivable on offense, and to this point, he has been neither. In fact the offense is so bad that it would take a miracle for things to turn around for Culver. He did not even go in the first round of our 2019 NBA Redraft.</p>
<p>The 2019 NBA Draft brought the league Zion Williamson, and throughout its ranks, stars and interesting players pop off the screen. Even with all of the modern tools at their disposal, NBA teams still make huge errors when drafting. For the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors, those mistakes by others were opportunities for them; for the Minnesota Timberwolves, it was a reminder of the poor decision-making that gets a franchise in a perpetual rut.</p>
<p>There is still a lot of basketball to be played for these prospects, and a year from now these grades will likely look a little different. The story is still being written, and if the first two seasons of their careers are any indication it should be a good one.</p>
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