vxmike wrote:Chicagoat wrote:Man what happened to our drafting? It never was that great, sure we had some hits here and there but we usually have our fair share of misses in recent years.. I understand scouting and drafting good players is very hard but good NBA franchises always find a way to find talent in the draft. I just don't want to go through a rebuild with this current front office regime because it would be just another repeat for when GARPAX did that rebuild post Butler.
The team appears incapable of drafting or developing young talent. They haven’t really hit on a pick since Jimmy.
I think another element is that they keep swinging for the fences with their picks, putting a lot of weight on potentials based on the prospect's physical traits. Pat, Dalen, Philips, Ayo - all these guys are the long, athletic defensive-minded type who can do a little bit of everything and can play different positions. But because they're still so raw in many of the aspects of their game (they're all still so young), you have to spend a lot of time developing them before they're ready to contribute. But if they ever get there, you likely will end up with a stud.
So far, Ayo is the one who's looked the best because of how much of opportunity he's gotten AND how fast of a learner he is, but I remember how bad he looked his first couple games too even though he spent 3 years in college. He's closer to a mid/late 1st round selection talent-wise than a second rounder, so I'd say that was a steal.
Compare that to GarPax's drafting methods (the most recent ones anyway), going for the safer higher floor, lower ceiling picks. Coby, Carter, Lauri, Denzel, Bobby, McBuckets.. these guys are the exact opposite. Not much of an athlete, but they have a couple things they're already pretty good at so they're likely ready to contribute on Day 1. A lot of these guys are still in the NBA and have looked better than any of AKME's picks because of their high floor and they fit a role. You also know that we absolutely would've ended up with Haliburton (Iowa St!) if they were still in charge. We just threw away the broken clock before it could be right again.
Bringing it back to Dalen, I think he had to be a pivot pick because I believe they really wanted Tari Eason who was picked right before him. But even with how terrible he's looked, if he ever develops and reaches his potential, that's a two-way point forward who'd be stuffing the stat sheet (think Draymond Green). But on this team, we're requiring Draymond Green to shoot 3s to see the floor.
