And everyone is talking about an incredible draft class this year, I think it’s just the opposite, I think it’s a poor one myself. There are going to be prospects there. But these franchises have really struggled. At one time you could get a branded name, these kids are not branded today. They’re not branded.
And by that I mean kids who have played in school for three or four years and comes out and people know who he is. He’s tutored, he’s more mature, more experienced. Those kinds of players come in and make an impact right away. But if you look at some of these kids, it takes about three years for them to get going. And for a team that’s really struggling, you’re selling your fans that this player’s going to make us better. Most of the time it does not happen today.
Just look at the league, this is the weakest I’ve ever seen this league. We are depending on people who go to school for a year to come in and change the sports as a franchise, rarely does that ever happen. And everyone is talking about a great draft class this year, I think it’s just the opposite, I think it’s a poor one myself. These franchises have really struggled at one time you can get a branded name, these kids are not branded.
Who are they going to surround him(Kobe) with, you know they’ve had three first-round draft picks in 10 years, that’s not a good thing. But, I know the people up there, I know Mitch Kupchak, I know how hard he works and I know how diligent he works, I have confidence that he and his staff will be able to put a representative team out there.
Here is the interview
http://cdn16.castfire.com/audio/303/2117/7827/2095170/vanpeltaudio_2014-02-26-144110-3953-0-0-0.32.mp3?cdn_id=33&uuid=ac29f982f6f92f9bfe192487aa850a31&referer=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FmYYbfjxrjI
.....Alright my man, yeah for a minute there it seems like Jerry wants to stick a branding iron to their ass !
