daoneandonly wrote:JamesConway wrote:Can't follow the outrage about posters who question the pick. Prior to the draft pretty much everybody thought (Skin & Karalla on their pod, the locked on-guys) we'd target one of the wings with #33. Our backcourt is extremely crowded already and we've spent a ton of time developing guys like Ferrell and Curry. I get the BPA-angle and am at peace with the pick now, but from a more teambuilding-centric POV this was obviously a selection that's gonna polarize.
I just hope that it all makes sense at the end of the offseason. I REALLY don't want this to end in a situation where we've blown a not-great-but-pretty-solid pick on a fourth string PG bc they've decided to also bring back multiple of ther other guards who are all more experienced and are therefore better win-now options for Carlisle. We all know how he usually handles situations like this.
yeah I'm with you. I would have preferred Bruce brown or Bates-Diop, but I dont hate brunson, just thought there were more sensible options. Though if brunson can play well or already has more trade value than the other 2, and we can flip him in some package for a Center, then I'd be even more okay.
Agree with both of you.
I also preferred a wing --> Khyri Thomas & Melvin Frazier based on who was left.
Yogi is still an average backup PG that has little impact on the game most nights (part of it bc of the role he plays alongside Barea and DSJ). I assume the idea is that Yogi's ceiling is just that, while the Mavs' believe in Brunson. I said this before, but bc Brunson was such a good PnR player in college...AND we run that so much, the thinking has got to be that he can develop into JJ Barea --> instant offense + playmaking off the bench on offense with better defense alongside it. If he can be that, then it's a good pick.
Don't forget that whoever you get at #33 is lucky to be a rotation backup, much less make a roster past their 1st yr. For instance, if you look back at the 2011 draft, which was a decently deep draft, here's the worthy picks....
2 starters (Isaiah Thomas @ #60, Chandler Parsons @ #38)
1 rotation bench players...on a playoff team (E'twaun Moore @ #55)
3 bench players (Shelvin Mack @ #34, Kyle Singler @ #33, Bojan Bogdanovic @ #31
So in a deep draft, you have a 20% chance to get a NBA player (6-in-30) and a 10% chance to get a rotation guy (3-in-30).
Point is, you don't draft off "Need". If you believe Brunson will turn into one of the 10% of players that other teams will value/can be in your rotation (no one is trading for Singler or Mack now or then), then you take him. Doesn't mean we got it right, but while I was "hoping" for the same, as many were, it's not the right thinking.
Completely agree we have to play him for Brunson to show his value/skills though.