2016 Lottery Re-Draft: Who the New Orleans Pelicans Would Take Now
Jaylen Brown. 4. player. 66. Pick Analysis. Forward. Phoenix Suns. Scouting Report
Phoenix Suns
Who they chose: Dragan Bender
Re-Draft choice: Jaylen Brown
No team would like to have this draft back more than the Phoenix Suns, whose disastrous choice of Dragan Bender continued their never-ending rebuild.
Bender has been a bust and the Suns still stink, even though they have one of the best scorers in the league in Devin Booker.
If the Suns could do it all again, they would almost certainly choose one of the talented wings from this draft class, likely Brown.
Brown is averaging 20.4 points and 6.4 rebounds a game for the Celtics, who are loaded with young talent on the wing.
Brown is the prototypical 3-and-D guy who can knock down 3-pointers, guard the other team’s best wing and grab a few boards.
The Suns have blown many drafts in recent years, but this one particularly hurt, as it seemed they were a team on the rise.
Bender would likely fall out of the first round if this draft was done again and certainly would not be the the number four pick.