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PG SG SF PF C Stephen Curry J.J. Redick Justise Winslow Aaron Gordon Marcin Gortat J.J. Barea Langston Galloway Jaylen Brown Patrick Patterson Marreese Speights Brice Johnson Domantas Sabonis

Head Coach: Brad Stevens

Best Pick: Brad Stevens (No. 180)

Yes, taking Steph Curry should be the "most obvious best pick" because he has been the league's best player two years running (LeBron James' Finals notwithstanding). But this isn't the Golden State Warriors' loaded lineup we're talking about; parity reigns much more in this alternate universe.

Though this Spurs roster (and especially its starting five) is good and should be even better around Curry, selecting the perfect maestro to scheme it was wise. Brad Stevens was a steal this late, and he ensures the margin for error is as limitless as Curry's range.

Worst Pick: Brice Johnson (No. 361)

Marreese Speights and Domantas Sabonis were taken in the previous two rounds, so this team had five bigs. It was lacking a third point guard and enough competent shooting at the wings (besides J.J. Redick). Thus, drafting Brice Johnson makes absolutely no sense, though taking Jaylen Brown in the eighth round was both too early and head-scratching for similar reasons, unless he can defend at an NBA level.

There were cheap shooters or athletic, young wings available as a flier rather than burning a top-of-the-round pick on a guy who should have gone undrafted.

Team Identity

Steph Curry can run pick-and-roll with Aaron Gordon or Marcin Gortat all day, and good luck trying to ice those or double Curry. And when J.J. Redick is your poor man's Klay Thompson, you're doing OK. Gordon might not replicate all of Draymond Green's intangibles, but he's got the skill set to provide a lot of similar production at a higher altitude.

This bench with its lack of shooting (other than Patrick Patterson) is pretty sketchy, but in Brad Stevens we trust at making both units' offenses work. There's a lot of defensive length, especially between Winslow, Brown and Gordon, but this team may struggle a little more on that end than people think. Still, any team with Curry, Stevens and a reasonable supporting cast is winning 50 games, entertaining you every night and a sleeper contender.

Biggest Strength: Options for Curry

Curry has options on the lob (Winslow and Gordon), on the roll (Gordon and Gortat) or the kickout (Redick), and that's just the starting lineup. And if you're trying to freeze out any of those guys, then you're single-covering Curry to your own doom.

Brad Stevens has plenty of athletic toys to play with, though trading one of the youngsters for a true three-and-D wing would probably be an in-season must unless Winslow's shot improves that much or Jaylen Brown is ahead of his years.

Biggest Weakness: Shooting Depth

How can a team that has Curry, Redick and Patterson want for shooting? Probably because there aren't many other comforting options unless the young guys grow quickly and/or J.J. Barea and Langston Galloway have a consistent year.

Speaking of which, there's no depth behind Curry at point guard besides Barea, and both have been known to get dinged up. This roster got imbalanced during its later picks, and that moved this from a clear contender to a second-tier team.

Writeup provided by Joel Cordes.