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Definitely this. I was high on Hunter as a Trevor Ariza 3&D guy with great size. Cam Reddish is in that same vein but had the question marks about whether he could put it all together. Herro wasn't even in consideration this high in the lottery, every draft there are guys drafted lower that out-perform top 5 picks, so eh...
But yeah for me this conversation would be Hunter vs. Reddish vs. Garland and we shouldn't really have this conversation until end of this year. And yeah maybe not fair to add Hunter considering he wasn't available at 5 but he was definitely in that second tier of guys who could go anywhere from 4-8, not sure how keen the Hawks were on him or if we could have thrown a small asset at them for a pick swap.
Culver never passed my eye test. Coby White is another interesting alternative, a White/Sexton backcourt is intriguing, but I don't know if I would like it over Sexland. Plus there is intrinsic value from the name Sexland, Whitesex doesn't work for a number of reasons.
Also too soon to call that draft a bust, it was always three guys who many thought had superstar potential, a handful of guys with potential but question marks (Reddish, KPJ) or raw-ness (Doumbouya, Nassir), and some guys who we expected to have relatively high floors but low ceilings relative to their draft position, and/or guys with a lot of NCAA experience that "robs them of potential" like Hunter, Clarke, Windler, etc.
Coby White with Sexton would have definitely be a interesting backcourt. Surround those two with shooters and let them run downhill all game. Teams would be tired as hell by the 4th quarter.