The NBA Draft is a little over three weeks away and the Pelicans, by way of the Quincy Pondexter trade, have the 56th overall selection.
Picks toward the end of a draft are a lot like loose change: not especially valuable but still nice to have. If you blow the pick, the price won't be too costly. If you nail it, you can get anywhere from a productive bench player to an All-Star, or maybe even a future Hall of Famer like the Spurs did with Manu Ginboli. So while it's easy to look at pick No.