NBA drafts are often remembered for different reasons. That they would produce a Hall of Fame player or three. That they were bad, and most of the good players came from late in the draft, or even the second round. That they offered a number of quite good, but not great players. That one barely remembers anyone from the draft.
Sometimes a draft will bind a group of players together, men who will be evaluated not just by the standards of the NBA, but by who was picked where; careers linked and locked to their draft peers.