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I know. I don't expect all the 2nd rounders to pan out, but you can't miss on every single damn one. We got Memo and that's it. Amir was a solid pick still. Tay was a good first rounder, so was Stuckey. Pretty much the rest of the drafting has sucked ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gl'enn
I don't expect perfection, but could we find a gem once and a while?
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Originally Posted by Kstat
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Originally Posted by WTFchris
A very valid point. Some team which has made some good picks lately wanted him so much more than LaMarcus and Mario that they traded up to get him. He was only a 2nd rounder because talent, the likes of which would have pissed you off, was taken above him.
Horrible analogy. I suppose if there are 4 other scratch off options that have higher payout odds and you pick the one with worse odds because you think it looks prettier...then you are correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kstat
except I never said sharpe was a winner. Deal with it.
Sonny Weems had higher payout odds than Mario chalmers according to most. That means shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by WTFchris
We didn't pick Sonny Weems. How does that matter. Did Sharpe have more upside than those three I mentioned? Was he higher rated (that answer is no by a mile)? Was he a glaring need (no, we could have used a PG or C more than a backup forward when we had Amir and Max).
Either he had more upside than Jordan/Chalmers/CDR or Joe was on some serious drugs.
his upside was very high. He was and is very talented.
His problem is that he continues to be a bad apple, despite his medication. This have very little to do with his talent and a lot to do with the fact he wore out his welcome in record time.
When your affiliated NBDL team wants no part of you, it isn't because you can't play. It's because there are non-basketball issues they can't work with.
In the 2nd round if we get a bench role player, we've beaten the odds and I'm happy with it. If Washington or Summers turn into decent bench guys for us, I'll say Joe did a good job. Sometimes you have to take the guy that just looks like an average/decent pick instead of swinging for the fences and striking out (Sharpe). Sharpe was a sleeper, but not in the sense we hoped.
Afflalo is a good example. He won't be a star, and likely not even an above-average starter at any point. He's going to be a solid defensive guard off the bench. Everyone hated the pick, but it was a successful pick. He had 4 solid years at UCLA and they knew what you were getting.
I wanted them to go for Petteri Koponen, an 18 year old PG who is now averaging less >3points, >1assist, and 30%fg (25%3pt) in Italy or Tiago Splitter, who both had huge upside. Splitter couldn't get out of his old contract that expires in 2010, and there's a big chance he stays in Europe where he'll make 3-4mil a season instead of taking a rookie salary here.
finally, some common sense.
If Dajuan Summers and Jonas Jerebko can't play, then I'll never get excited over a 2nd rounder ever again. But I know for a fact they are both NBA-ready players. These guys are not projects.