As the Dallas Mavericks slowly fell to Father Time during the twilight years of the Dirk Nowitzki era, I slowly found myself reading more and more about prospects and watching other members of the basketball intelligentsia discuss up and coming players eligible for future drafts.
It was in this way that I fell into an obsession with Luka Doncic in 2017 that lasted the entire NBA season, right up until the Dallas Mavericks conducted a draft day trade in 2018 which changed the course of the franchise.
While I am by no means a draft expect, as the self appointed General Manager for this years annual SB Nation Blogger Mock Draft, I selected Aleksej Pokuševski with the 18th overall selection.