Bright Side Of The Sun · May 16, 2018
#TBT: Ricky Sobers was the Suns first and only 16th draft pick
Now that the Suns have the #1 pick in the 2018 draft locked up, it’s time to move on to more pressing issues.
Who will the Suns be picking at #16?
Realistically, the Suns might not even keep the pick. Now that they have secured the ultimate reward for multiple seasons of really bad basketball, it’s time for the Suns to finally win some games. The #16 pick could be used in a trade to bring a win now player into the fold.
In the current NBA landscape mid first round rookies don’t usually contribute much immediately.
It didn’t always used to be that way.
Ricky Sobers entered the NBA at a time when rookies were expected to make immediate contributions.