DrWood wrote:Moving up 4 picks means your draft capital has increased about as much as a mid 2nd-round pick. Also, it improves your chances to get a beast at your pick--or you can trade down, because there's always some team coveting a specific player, and get more rolls of the dice.
Nobody is saying it's not helpful, but to your point about draft capital, that's exactly what I'm saying - no team in their right mind would give up as much for Rodgers now as they would have last summer, but if he plays well the rest of the way, we might be talking about at least an extra mid-2nd or something along those lines, which would mean Rodgers playing well could nearly pay for itself. Or if you prefer, apply that same logic to Love if he takes over and plays well. There's much more of a silver lining in this situation than there is among NBA tanking teams. It's not the same as when useless journeymen have a few random good weeks in the NBA and drop you a few spots in the draft.
Right now it looks like more than half the team has regressed badly since last year. If we actually think they suck this much and they prove us wrong, as far as next year's chances go, that's basically as good as adding talent.
