The 2016 NBA Draft is getting an overwhelming amount of negative buzz, and for good reason. Skal Labissiere hasn't been able to put a low-post game together, Jamal Murray is floundering in Kentucky's three-guard lineup and until Brandon Ingram woke up last week, this was largely seen as a Simmons-or-bust race. And perhaps that hasn't changed; Ben Simmons is still leaps and bounds ahead of the pack when it comes to showcasing elite, superstar-caliber traits on the basketball court.
But the situation isn't as bleak as you may hear (it very rarely is, but that's a conversation for a different day).