NBA’s 20/20 Hindsight: Ekpe Udoh Was Golden State Warriors’ Best Draft Option

The NBA draft can be quite the crap shoot. Unless a LeBron James or Dwight Howard happens to fall in your lap, projecting a player's ability to compete at the next level is more of an educated guess than anything.

Just ask the Warriors: they've missed early in the draft—badly—with flops like their top selection in 1995 of Joe Smith, or using the third choice of the 2002 draft on "sharp-shooter" Mike Dunleavy.

At the same time, they've struck relative gold with draft day steals like second rounders Monta Ellis (40th overall in 2005) and Gilbert Arenas (31st overall in 2001).

So, forgive the rampant skepticism surrounding the organization's ability to handle the sixth over...

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