Adam
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2012: Dion Waiters at 4 despite the organization doing zero homework on him. Taking him above Lilliard and Drummond, who I think we can all agree would be amazing to have right now, and would've likely helped us win a ring last year or at least be in a better position to win one this year. He also took Waiters over Barnes, which may not have been completely awful given that Griffin cleaned up Grant's mess by trading Waiters for JR/Shump, but Barnes would have filled a glaring need at that time. Not to mention this team desperately needs a young SF whether it's today with LeBron or 3 years ago without LeBron.
While i agree with most of your post its unfair to say they did no research on waiters. He was close to an assistant at Syracuse and had visited a number of times. Personally i think that makes the pick a bit worse because he must have heard him yell AIYEEE and still drafted him