My snap judgement on the 2013 NBA draft?
David Stern emerged a winner, because the crowd embraced him.
The Utah Jazz were big winners, because they got the best point guard in the draft, Trey Burke, and added a Frenchman with a 7-foot-9 wingspan.
Biggest losers? The Celtics, maybe — although those three first-round draft picks could become valuable assets if the Nets go into the tank after 2-3 years of trying to win old, which didn’t work for the Knicks. A final verdict on that megadeal that sends Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry to Brooklyn is still years away.
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More on the 2013 NBA draft in this video with CineSport’s Brian Clark from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.