Yeah, I think it is irrelevant. Whether it is a strong draft or weak draft, you have to be smart. Darko/Marko (what was his name) was taken #3 in a stronger draft. Great players came out of weak drafts. You just have to make sure you do your homework. Instead of strong vs weak, we should see how good of a job KOC has done over the years.
2000 - Deshawn and Dickens. I'd say a good draft. Deshawn is a great pick to take at 23, and while he didn't pan out in Utah, he was definitely an NBA player.
2001 - Lopez and Collins - Good draft. Lopez is a "what might have been" and Collins was a very good player for a long time.
2002 - Humphrey and Sampson - Humphrey was traded to Orlando for Borchardt. Only Prince and Boozer taken after. This was a bad draft overall.
2003 - Pavlovic and Mo - Both are NBA players, Mo was an above average one. Good draft
2004 - Humphries, Snyder and Pavel - Humphries is a NBA player. BUT, then you look at players taken after Hump. Al Jefferson, Josh Smith, JR Smith, Delonte West, Tony Allen, Kevin Martin, Anderson Varajao. KOC dropped the ball in this draft. Big time.
2005 - Deron, CJ, Whaley - Great draft.
2006 - Brewer, Brown, Millsap - Great draft
2007 - Almond, Hill - Bad draft. Players that were available - Aaron Afllalo. When you see that, it wasn't a bad draft at all. That draft just didn't have any NBA players in it.
2008 - Kouf, Tomic, Drag - Available players: Ibaka, Batum, Hill. KOC missed the boat here.
2009 - Maynor, Suton - Good draft. Maynor is an NBA player.
2010 - Hayward, Evans - good draft. Hayward looks like a very good player.
2011 and beyond - too early to tell.
This means out of 10 drafts, KOC has:
7 good drafts, 1 BAD draft, and 2 draft years that had little to no talent. The odds are that KOC will find NBA players. Look at the players he has drafted in the late lottery, out of the lottery, and second round:
DeShawn, Collins, Pavlovic, Mo, Humphries, Brewer, Millsap, CJ, Kouf, Maynor. He will find NBA players if they are to be found.