The 2015 draft was one of the better ones in recent times. All top 4 picks are showing great promise so far. Now that we have almost two tears to reassess, who would you prefer as your cornerstone player if building from scratch? And when they end their careers, who will have the best one?
How can the answer to this be anything but the big KAT? Porzingis 2nd, Devin Booker 3rd, Russell a distant 4th, and Okafor an even more distant 5th (if he's even 5th).
KAT without a doubt....if embiid stays healthy, it will be a great battle between those two for the best center in the NBA for years to come. Their all round game is unmatched, post up, 3 pointers, passing, dribble, defence, rebounding.....the only other center with those qualities is probably cousins, who IMO has a screw missing. The brow is great no doubt, but i just don't see him as a back to the basket kind of player and more of a 4 than a 5.
I don't think there's a big gap between Porzingis and KaT. Kat may be more talented but if you want a guy who will actually win games Porzingis is better balanced, he's one of the few stretch 5s who are actually defensive anchors. Horford and Rasheed Wallace are the only guys I remember in recent history who are like this. Kat right now isn't a great defensive player so while he will score all over his opponent he will also receive as much as he gives.
Porzingis so far in his short carreer has been pestered by too many little injuries and he hasn't improved that much this year compared to his rookie season. Ofc that also has to do with Rose and Melo and the triangle. But I don't see any reason to choose him over KAT.
