Fortune Teller wrote:So if what you need isn’t there you trade the pick. Why waste the asset?
Asset management isn't based on eking out as much as you can their rookie season though. There's a lot to like about his game. I also think several people on this forum, including Knightro, who overvalue ingraining rookies ASAP (and how much it affects the team and other players), especially as we throw more and more into the fray.
I agree that if there isn't a plan in place by at least the end of season 2, mid point of season 3, then it's a complete waste of asset, but hopefully we will have an idea of where we're playing him, giving him more minutes, or if we don't have a plan, trading him while he has value.
I also only think that at our range, and the rumored players around there, only Cason Wallace made more sense positionally short-term and long-term as a defender at the guard position who could also shoot the ball. Everybody else is just as much of a project, and we weren't overlapping two shooters either.
Teams are not beholden to reset their goals and prioritize rookie classes. We were finding out if Paolo was a #1 this year, where Franz falls into place (as a 2 or 3), what would become of Suggs (turns out he CAN shoot, and may fall into place as a 4th option sort of guy offensively), and they're getting their ducks in a row with guys who are actually moving the needle right now.
No team can do this simultaneously with everything else and also win. OKC are an anomaly because of SGA, and even they're finding things out about Chet and Jdub this year that they will use next year to help even more.
Also, sometimes there just aren't fair trades to make, whether moving a pick for a vet or picks down the line. Other teams are not willfully going to trade assets or try to make fair trades. I remember several discussions going on years ago about Chris Duarte, who shot 43/37, averaged 13 points per game for the Pacers, and then was traded to Sacramento and faded into obscurity in the span of three seasons.
He went from someone everybody was banging their heads about missing out on as a rookie to ignoring him completely.
You could also make the "right" pick that doesn't show signs of being the player you want until they're on a different team, which happens quite often. Malik Monk is a prime example of someone who the Hornets wished they had this version of, and he had four seasons to show that and it wasn't until LA and SAC where he became comfortable.
What matters is finding out we made the right picks with Paolo, Franz and Suggs, and then finding out more with Black/Jett. It's also about addressing several holes we know we have in our roster moving forward.
) I think the term glazing triggered me.. such a sus word lol
