I'd rather have Lawson over Rubio. Rubio might turn out to be a star but I've seen enough of these highly regarded foreign players that don't pan out. Guys like Zoran Planinic and Nikoloz Tskitishvili and Darko Milicic Yaroslav Korolev and Saer Sene and Yi Jianlian and Danilo Gallinari. I'd rather take a guy that excelled at the highest level of amateur basketball night in and night out against future NBA players. Rubio does look really good though and anyone that passes him up may regret it later but I'd go with Lawson. That guy is a real player and you know exactly what you'll get with him. It's sort of like do you want the horse that will run you some consistent 100 Beyers and win the occassional grade three race or do you want the one that will be like Discreet Cat or Commentator, have the potential to be brilliant but for some reason, never sustain it.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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