Grading How Each Team Did in the 2010 NBA Draft in Retrospect

It is March, and that means everybody is watching college basketball. That means we are watching players like Jared Sullinger, Kemba Walker, Derrick Williams and Harrison Barnes.

Last year, however, we were watching the likes of John Wall and Evan Turner.

They ended up being drafted first and second by the Washington Wizards and the Philadelphia 76ers respectively.

Almost every other team in the league was involved in the draft as well. They combined for the standard 60 draft picks, and 45 of the drafted players are in the NBA as of right now.

Armed with the knowledge we have gathered from watching the season play out, we can now grade each team's draft more accurately.

Let's get to it.

Drafted: Evan Turner (second overall)

The Philadelphia 76ers' only acquisition of draft day was Evan Turner. He was expected to be the most NBA-ready player in the draft, and some even debated whether the Washington Wizards should've drafted him over John Wall with the first overall pick.

Those debates are hard to remember now.

Evan Turner has been nothing less than uninspiring during his career so far with the Sixers. He has lacked consistency and shown mere flashes of the dominance he showed in college. Turner hasn't even been able to prove himself worthy of the Sixers' starting lineup.

Given his youth and potential, it's very likely he could blossom into the player the Sixers thought they were drafting. As of right now, however, drafting Evan Turner looks like a bad move for Philly considering they could've drafted anybody not named John Wall.

Charlotte Bobcats

The Charlotte Bobcats traded away all of their 2010 draft picks prior to the draft and did not acquire any picks or players on draft day.

Grade: N/A

Milwaukee Bucks
Only Larry Sanders remains with the Milwaukee Bucks. Hobson was waived on December 3rd due to an injury and never played for Milwaukee, while Gallon was released prior to training camp. Neither are on NBA rosters as of right now.

Sanders, meanwhile, has mostly come off the bench to support the Bucks' bigs. He has shown potential as a shot blocker. Per 36 minutes, Sanders averages 2.9 blocks per game. He is one of four players to have a game with at least eight blocks this season and is the only one of the players that wasn't featured during All-Star Weekend (the others were JaVale McGee, Brook Lopez, Dwight Howard and Serge Ibaka who has had two such games).

All the other parts of Sanders' game are still a work in progress, but shot blockers are a premium in this league, and Sanders could turn out to be an invaluable presence in the paint for years to come.