One NBA season isn't enough to judge a draft class in totality. The league won't know what to make of most of these 20-somethings for another few years, at least until they're all of legal age to purchase an adult beverage.
What we can do, though, is consider how the 2015 draft would have turned out had the league's executives known what they know now. This class has already shown the potential to shape the NBA's future, with skilled bigs such as Karl-Anthony Towns and Kristaps Porzingis, plus do-it-all guards such as Devin Booker and D'Angelo Russell.
And that's without including Nikola Jokic, the sensational first-year center for the Denver Nuggets who won't be mentioned here since he was a second-round pick in 2014.
The Association is in good hands for years to come. For the time being, let's have a look at how the first round of last year's draft might have turned out if it happened today, based on team needs and rookie production. All players' actual draft slots and teams by whom they were picked are listed in parentheses up top.
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