The Golden State Warriors are sitting on the sill of their championship window with an experienced, albeit young, core that they'll have locked up for years once they re-sign Stephen Curry in 2017.
Coming off of consecutive NBA Finals appearances and a 73-win regular season, you'd be forgiven for thinking that finding a player in the draft who can contribute right away is unlikely.
The track record of 30th picks
Yet contrary to the dominant thinking about late round picks, there have been a number of productive rotation players drafted 30th, including Ezeli (2012), former Warrior David Lee (2005), the incomparable Gheorghe Muresan (1993), the late Sean Rooks (1992), Carl Herrera (1990), and Mark West (1983) as well as players like Kyle Anderson (2014), Jimmy Butler (2011), Marko Jaric (2000), Howard Eisley (1994), and Nate McMillan (1986) — it's possible to find a player at #30.