This isn’t a post to remind you about all the players the Wizards missed out on in the 2011 NBA Draft. Everyone knows the Wizards took Jan Vesely over Kawhi Leonard. Everyone knows they took Chris Singleton over Jimmy Butler. Everyone knows they took Shelvin Mack over Chandler Parsons. Everyone knows the Wizards gave up on Mack sooner than they gave up on Vesely or Singleton, even though he was the only player Washington selected who is still in the NBA.
No, this is about avoiding the temptation to write off the mistakes of that draft the same way a business would write off a sunk cost.