We can sit here right now and pretend we know exactly which teams hit home runs in the draft Thursday night, or we can be honest and admit all of this is a guessing game. It will be years before anybody really knows who “won” or “lost” the 2021 NBA draft. (Did anyone have the Bucks as the clear victors when they drafted Giannis with the 15th pick in 2013?) Of course, the decisions teams made Thursday will still have a major effect on the landscape of the league moving forward. So let’s run through some winners and losers around the NBA based on how the draft shook out.
Biggest Winners and Losers From the 2021 NBA Draft
