2011 NBA re-draft: The way it should have been
The 2011 NBA draft wound up having a good amount of high-level talent in it, though it came from places not many were expecting.
Overall, that class has had seven players turn into All-Stars, but interestingly enough, only one of them was taken among the Top-8 selections, and that was Kyrie Irving, who went No. 1 overall.
The top player to come out of that draft, Kawhi Leonard, went 15th overall that year, three-time champion and elite sharpshooter Klay Thompson went 11th overall and two-way swingman Jimmy Butler fell all the way to 30th overall.
Below, we re-draft the 2011 class in the order we believe they should have gone in.
No. 1 pick: Kawhi Leonard
Actual position: No. 15 Career earnings: $151,788,362 Career stats: 19.2 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.9 apg, 49.3 FG%, 38.4 3P%
No. 2 pick: Kyrie Irving
Actual position: No. 1 Career earnings: $162,265,892 Career stats: 22.8 ppg, 5.7 apg, 3.8 rpg, 47.0 FG%, 39.1 3P%
No. 3 pick: Jimmy Butler
Actual position: No. 30 Career earnings: $145,031,128 Career stats: 17.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 4.0 apg, 45.8 FG%, 32.7 3P%
No. 4 pick: Klay Thompson
Actual position: No. 11 Career earnings: $147,752,521 Career stats: 19.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.3 apg, 45.9 FG%, 41.9 3P%
No. 5 pick: Kemba Walker
Actual position: No. 9 Career earnings: $126,172,283 Career stats: 19.9 ppg, 5.4 apg, 3.8 rpg, 41.9 FG%, 36.0 3P%
No. 6 pick: Nikola Vucevic
Actual position: No. 16 Career earnings: $110,209,237 Career stats: 16.9 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 2.7 apg, 49.6 FG%, 35.7 3P%
No. 7 pick: Tobias Harris
Actual position: No. 19 Career earnings: $138,185,722 Career stats: 16.3 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 2.2 apg, 47.5 FG%, 36.7 3P%
No. 8 pick: Isaiah Thomas
Actual position: No. 60 Career earnings: $31,309,253 Career stats: 18.1 ppg, 4.9 apg, 2.4 rpg, 43.5 FG%, 36.3 3P%
No. 9 pick: Jonas Valanciunas
Actual position: No. 5 Career earnings: $92,621,946 Career stats: 12.9 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.0 apg, 56.6 FG%, 35.8 3P%
No. 10 pick: Tristan Thompson
Actual position: No. 4 Career earnings: $108,696,603 Career stats: 9.3 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.0 apg, 51.8 FG%, 25.7 3P%
No. 11 pick: Enes Kanter
Actual position: No. 3 Career earnings: $99,812,533 Career stats: 11.5 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 0.9 apg, 54.8 FG%, 28.6 3P%
No. 12 pick: Reggie Jackson
Actual position: No. 24 Career earnings: $70,812,158 Career stats: 12.6 ppg, 4.2 apg, 2.9 rpg, 43.0 FG%, 34.9 3P%
No. 13 pick: Marcus Morris
Actual position: No. 14 Career earnings: $58,869,022 Career stats: 12.12 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.5 apg, 43.5 FG%, 37.9 3P%
No. 14 pick: Bojan Bogdanovic
Actual position: No. 31 Career earnings: $66,126,530 Career stats: 14.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.5 apg, 45.7 FG%, 39.3 3P%
No. 15 pick: Kenneth Faried
Actual position: No. 22 Career earnings: $56,898,674 Career stats: 11.4 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 1.0 apg, 54.6 FG%, 22.2 3P%
No. 16 pick: Chandler Parsons
Actual position: No. 38 Career earnings: $102,062,262 Career stats: 12.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.7 apg, 46.2 FG%, 37.3 3P%
No. 17 pick: Nikola Mirotic
Actual position: No. 23 Career earnings: $41,631,175 Career stats: 12.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.3 apg, 42.3 FG%, 35.9 3P%
No. 18 pick: Markieff Morris
Actual position: No. 13 Career earnings: $46,507,.874 Career stats: 11.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.6 apg, 44.6 FG%, 34.1 3P%
No. 19 pick: Alec Burks
Actual position: No. 12 Career earnings: $59,536,453 Career stats: 10.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.9 apg, 42.2 FG%, 37.3 3P%
No. 20 pick: Davis Bertans
Actual position: No. 42 Career earnings: $30,856,082 Career stats: 8.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.1 apg, 43.3 FG%, 40.7 3P%
No. 21 pick: Brandon Knight
Actual position: No. 8 Career earnings: $81,820,597 Career stats: 14.1 ppg, 4.0 apg, 3.1 rpg, 41.1 FG%, 35.3 3P%
No. 22 pick: Cory Joseph
Actual position: No. 29 Career earnings: $59,941,153 Career stats: 7.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 2.9 apg, 44.4 FG%, 33.3 3P%
No. 23 pick: Iman Shumpert
Actual position: No. 17 Career earnings: $48,605,237 Career stats: 7.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.8 apg, 39.2 FG%, 33.8 3P%
No. 24 pick: Justin Holiday
Actual position: Undrafted Career earnings: $17,932,298 Career stats: 8.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.5 apg, 39.9 FG%, 36.4 3P%
No. 25 pick: E'Twaun Moore
Actual position: No. 55 Career earnings: $41,135,269 Career stats: 7.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.8 apg, 45.5 FG%, 38.8 3P%
No. 26 pick: Bismack Biyombo
Actual position: No. 7 Career earnings: $87,424,093 Career stats: 5.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.3 bpg, 52.7 FG%
No. 27 pick: Derrick Williams
Actual position: No. 2 Career earnings: $31,047,710 Career stats: 8.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 0.7 apg, 43.4 FG%, 30.0 3P%
No. 28 pick: Jon Leuer
Actual position: No. 40 Career earnings: $38,799,604 Career stats: 6.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 0.8 apg, 48.4 FG%, 32.8 3P%
No. 29 pick: Donatas Motiejunas
Actual position: No. 20 Career earnings: $4,974,820 Career stats: 7.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.1 apg, 46.9 FG%, 30.0 3P%
No. 30 pick: Lavoy Allen
Actual position: No. 50 Career earnings: $18,091,767 Career stats: 4.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.0 apg, 47.1 FG%
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