MrSparkle wrote:
Sure he was an OK pick given the 5-10, but every pick counts. Kenny Smith said it best in an interview; you know the laziest scouts when they stick to Duke/UNC type super school picks. It was an indirect knock on the Bulls. Not to say you can't find good picks there, but there are always under-the-radar schools to scout... and GarPax sure liked their off-shelf chicken stock. (Strangely enough I can't even remember Bulls taking the more guaranteed NCAA-to-NBA KYU program players - last Calipari pick they took was Rose, I think?)
Totally agree
MrSparkle wrote:Lauri is a lumbering short-armed T-Rex
MrSparkle wrote:Bad picks add up, but even 1 Thybulle is better than those
I think it is a very rare organization to be able to trade down from pick 7 to the 15-20 range and go for Thybulle, or to be able to find a Talen Horton Tucker in the 40-50 range. It requires a change in mindset that we see only in a few organizations. Denver actually showed this with their recent MPJ and Bol Bol picks, so let us hope Karnishowvitz has this talent and Reinsdorf doesn't squelch it.