Narrator: It didn't.

It’s not the zealots that matter. It’s those on the fence. And there may be enough.

You’re fooling yourself if you think any of it matters.

We'll worry about that tomorrow or next week. All I know is that over the last 30 minutes the Convicted Felon's odds on  in the betting markets have been exploding.
As for today, where's the champagne ?

You’re fooling yourself if you think any of it matters.

It does.

Kolek gets a first-round consideration in an article in The Athletic about older guys in the draft. Here's the passage:



That will again bring an important question to the forefront as teams make their decisions: Does age matter in the draft?

Players who have been selected that high at 22 years or older have not, for the most part, gone on to productive NBA careers. There have been 30 players who have been at least 22 on the day of the draft selected over the last 15 years. Of those, roughly three have become reliable starter-level players (Buddy Hield, Cam Johnson and Kelly Olynyk). Taurean Prince has consistently been a rotation player over his career. Corey Kispert, Obi Toppin and Jaime Jaquez Jr. seem to be on their way to getting there. The rest is a mixed bag.

Pretty interesting, though I'd argue that Jaquez has already ascended much higher than this.

So 7 of the 30, or roughly 24% are "starters or rotation players".  Granted, that is hardly a definitive term and open to opinion as to what that means, but I am curious as to what is the hit % for players under 22 drafted in the first round.  I have no idea so this is an honest question. 

A truly amazing day.

Nice to see one of the world’s truly horrible human beings finally get convicted for his felonious actions.