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But I still can't really understand putting Burks and Leonard ahead of Valanciunas. In a strong or mid-level draft they would have a hard time cracking the top-20, and Valanciunas has been consistently ranked in the lottery by most even before a number of the top prospects dropped out. I think that many fans probably need to admit that the reason that they didn't like the Valanciunas pick is that they had very little knowledge about his background and capabilities, and had some false notion about his style based on a stereotype of European bigs. I think that's okay, but it should remind everyone that it is probably better to consider that GMs and scouts spend a lot of time watching and evaluating players, and when there is a strong consensus such as JV received it is probably more accurate than fans' uninformed opinions.
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