NBA: Ranking the 10 biggest draft steals of the last decade

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Ranking the 10 biggest NBA Draft steals of the last decade

We don’t exactly know when the 2020 NBA Draft will take place, but it will take place at some point over the next few months. In all likelihood, at some point after its initial scheduled date in June. Nevertheless, we’re going to get the draft at some point. That’s what’s important here.

Generally, we’d be inching closer and closer to draft season. However, due to the current league hiatus, we’ve almost been defaulted to draft season. This is not the case for every team but could be for some that didn’t have their eyes on a real playoff push or deep run.

Even though there was no NCAA Tournament (which, more often than not, becomes one of the biggest recruiting tools for NBA teams), college prospects are angling in preparation to hear their names called at some point in the draft.

In anticipation of what many believe to be the best part of the offseason or summer, let’s take a look back at the 10 biggest NBA Draft steals in the last decade.