The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Joe House for the latest Redraftables to revisit the 2004 NBA draft, which included Dwight Howard, Andre Iguodala, Luol Deng, J.R. Smith, and others. The two also discuss how Emeka Okafor’s, Al Jefferson’s, and Shaun Livingston’s careers all could have gone dramatically differently if not for injuries.
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Dwight, Iguodala, and Deng: 2004 NBA Redraft
Bill and House review a draft that would end up including a lot of sliding-door careers
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