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Elite players move more intelligently and effectively than the average players. This applies on both offense and defense. They have advanced timing, nuance and the vision to make plays that average players can't make.

Fears has feel. Tre has feel. Knueppel has feel. Derik Queen has feel. CMB has feel. Jase Richardson has feel. Raynaud and Beringer have some feel. Essengue has a bit of feel.

Having elite physical tools or an elite skill level does help bring a player's feel to life though.
Feel is also not the end-all, be-all. Kenny Lofton Jr. has great feel.
 
Feel is also not the end-all, be-all. Kenny Lofton Jr. has great feel.
Whatever word we use for why some players have the ability to surpass other players who were drafted higher or in the same neighborhood, I don't think we know what it fully is (or maybe it's not just one thing). If we use "feel," it could be argued that Cody was expected to have (and maybe does have) pretty good feel. We'll see if it salvages his career in the long run, I guess.

I think the larger point is that it's just really hard and seems to be getting harder to predict who's going to have staying and even star power in the League. Rather than ascribe this to some deficit in scouting strategy, I'm more prone to think this owes more to changes in the pool and preparation of players as well as changes in how the game is played.
 
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