I can see Williams at the 4 or 5 in other drafts. And yeah, Irving could have vaulted into a legit 1-3 relatively with a full season of college dominance. So what I said is not totally fair. I just think its weird that the 1-2 in this draft includes two guys that you really don't know has superstar DNA.
There have been other drafts like this. For example:
2006 Were Bargnani went #1 and Adam Morrison #3. But Brandon Roy, Rudy Gay and Rajon Rondo were all drafted after that. But at the time there was no real player that screamed Superstar.
In 2002 the top 3 pick were Yao, #2 Jay Williams, #3 Mike Dunleavy. At the Time Yao was a huge ? mark that alot of people thought was going to be a flop. Amare went #9 in that draft.
2001: Kwame Brown, #2 Tyson Chandler. They don't and didn't scream Superstar then or now. Gasol at #3 and Joe Johnson at #10 were the good lottery picks.
2000: #1 Kenyon Martin, #2 Stomile Swift, #3 Darius Miles. And it doesn't get any better. This whole draft was not good. I can't think of a player from this draft who was even an all star.
So having a definite #1-#2 in a draft that is going to be a superstar happens often enough. Its if you pick the right guys in these kind of drafts that matters. Because there isn't someone great makes it harder to pick out who is going to be a great player. If a guy that turns out to be a Joe Johnson type scorer goes to us at 6 (he went #10) then this draft well be great for us. Maybe just not great for the team that misses in the top 3.