Kanyewest wrote:closg00 wrote:dandridge 10 wrote:
Yeah, contrary to what some have said on this board, the Wizards haven't had an issue with properly developing players. They have had a problem with picking them to begin with.
That's right, most of the picks that could have been developed were sold/traded so we will never know. And the draft picks? well..
Weren't a lot of people on this board high on Singleton though? I remember some people were saying that he would turn out to be a better player than Vesely- not sure how I would decide who won that bet.
I wish I could go back in time and see what the other teams draft boards looked if Washington had not taken Vesely or Singleton. A lot of it also had to do with draft positioning. For instance, if Golden State had the #2 pick, they likely would have taken Derrick Williams over Klay Thompson. Or perhaps Golden State was just more inclined to take a shooting guard because they already had smalish guards in Curry and Ellis.
The board was fine with Singleton as a pick. And approved of Kevin S as well. Spurs were reported to be interesting in Kevin S so them jumping up to get him was seen as a good move.
Personally, I walked out of that draft going
I thought they needed a solid big like Markieff or Vuc and scoring on the wing. Granted, I thought Brooks could helped there and I was dead wrong about him. Brooks has been a bust and is now in Italy I believe. But I would gladly have busted swinging at Brooks with the 18th if I hit on Markieff or Vuc with the #6. Or better yet, a trade down where you got one of them and an extra pick.
Instead they were thinking a running big for Wall and a 3nD to help improve the defense. I thought go future solid more fundamental big and wing scoring to replace NY. At least we got BB the following year. I am happy that happened. But Marieff or Vuc would look nice on this team. If Vuc, there would be no Hammer though and I have enjoyed having him here. But Marieff would fix perfectly.