2011 NBA Re-Draft: Kyrie v. Kawhi, Jimmy v. Klay
This is the eight part in a 14-part series of re-drafts, looking at every NBA draft from 2004 to 2017.
This isn’t opinion or one controversial statistic. This is a re-draft based on a formula that includes VORP (value over replacement player), BPM (box plus/minus), WS (win shares), PPG (points per game), contribution (minutes), and shooting percentage (field goal and 3-point).
The data determines the re-draft order. Then the players are placed into categories based on the entirety of their career. Therefore the category they fall within is based on if they are mostly known as a star, starter, rotation player, or a bench guy who is largely unknown.
The format is as follows: Re-Draft Position #. Player – Original Draft Position # and Team – Statistics. Also, a team who acquired a player’s rights in a draft day trade is considered the drafting team in our analysis.
NBA Re-draft ~ 2011
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Singler won a NCAA Championship as a starter at Duke
Bench Guys
30. Jan Vesely - #6 Washington
29. Derrick Williams - #2 Minnesota
28. Donatas Motiejunas - #20 Houston
27. Alec Burks - #12 Utah
26. Lavoy Allen - #50 Philadelphia
25. Kyle Singler - #33 Detroit
24. Jon Leur - #40 Milwaukee
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Walker and Biyombo were both drafted in the lottery by Charlotte, Biyombo by a draft day trade
Rotation
23. Bismack Biyombo - #7 Charlotte
22. Iman Shumpert - #17 New York
21. Cory Joseph - #29 San Antonio
20. E’Twaun Moore - #55 Boston
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Thomas ranks top 5 in PPG, WS, BPM, & VORP and was a 2017 MVP candidate
Starters
19. Bojan Bogdanovic - #31 Brooklyn
18. Enes Kanter - #3 Utah
17. Brandon Knight - #8 Detroit
16. Reggie Jackson - #24 Oklahoma City
15. Nikola Mirotic - #23 Minnesota
14. Tristan Thompson - #4 Cleveland
13. Kenneth Faried - #22 Detroit
12. Marcus Morris - #14 Houston
11. Markieff Morris - #13 Phoenix
10. Nikola Vucevic - #16 Philadelphia
9. Jonas Valanciunas - #5 Toronto
8. Chandler Parsons - #38 Houston
7. Tobias Harris - #19 Milwaukee
6. Isaiah Thomas - #60 Sacramento
5. Kemba Walker - #9 Charlotte
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Kawhi and Kyrie both rank top 3 in WS, BPM, VORP, & 3PT%
Stars
4. Jimmy Butler - #30 Chicago
3. Klay Thompson - #11 Golden State
2. Kyrie Irving - #1 Cleveland
1. Kawhi Leonard - #15 San Antonio
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Winners
San Antonio - drafted the #1 player in the re-draft at #15, moving up 14 spots
Golden State - drafted the #3 player in the re-draft at #11, moving up 8 spots
Chicago - drafted the #4 player in the re-draft at #30, moving up 26 spots
Losers
Minnesota - drafted Derrick Williams at #2, he drops 27 spots to #29
Utah - drafted Enes Kanter at #3, he drops15 spots to #18
Washington - drafted Jan Vesely at #6, he drops 24 spots to #30
Charlotte - drafted Bismack Biyombo at #7, he drops 16 spots to #23
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Kyrie, Kawhi, Jimmy, Klay. It’s not a simple debate. Which order would you draft them in?
Where do you agree and disagree with the re-draft order? Who would be your in top eight?