16 is a tough spot to be picking at. Having a pick just outside of the lottery could be a good thing since McD seems to do well picking at the bottom of the lottery, where he got Booker and Warren. Hopefully 16 isn't too late to find a quality player. This is a deep draft so there should be talent available there but talent that fits a need is a different story. That's what the Suns need to figure out and either have a trade in place if their guys aren't still on the board when they pick at #16 or come up with a way to bundle the 16th, 31st, and 58th picks to move up and ensure they get someone they're after. I think they should be able to move up a few spots by packaging those picks, how far is a different story though.
Here's a list of 16th picks throughout NBA history from Basketball-Reference, they're sorted by Win-Shares, but that puts the more notable players towards the top of the list. John Stockton leads the way by a good margin that way but you can see some notable players taken there. Stockton is definitely the best 16th pick in NBA history but aside from him, these are players that most people should know who have been taken over the last 30 years. At forward there are James Johnson, Hedo Turkoglu, Nick Young, Ron Artest, Terry Mills, and Chris Gatling. Nikola Vucevic, Mo Speights, and Jusuf Nurkic as the top Centers, all 3 of them currently in the league also. At guard, and besides Stockton, Terry Rozier, Tony Delk, Dana Barros, and Brevin Knight are the most notable players. No franchise players other than Stockton but Artest could have been if he wasn't a headcase. A lot of quality starters amongst the bunch with James Johnson, Terry Rozier, Nick Young, Vucevic, Nurkic, and Speights still in the league.
