HeatInOhio wrote:SA37 wrote:I just don't get the infatuation with dealing the pick.
Beasley is the equivalent of what Carmelo Anthony was in 2003 and Kevin Durant was last year. In either year, had we been in position to select either one of those guys, we would not have traded the pick.
I'm with you. All this trade talk just sucks. We're staring at the kid who just had one of the most impressive seasons in college history. The top picks like the Darkos, Marvin Williams etc... they were all drafted based on upside without a lot of actual accomplishment at the time. Bogut was a nice college player with great size but not really a flat out dominating presence in college either. For comparison Bogut put up 13 and 10 as a fresh (compared to Beasley's 26 and 12). Beasley is not like some of these other picks, he just owned college basketball as a freshman. Paxson looks like he might actually be dumb enough to pass on this guy... I'm just hoping Riley isn't losing his edge and going down the same path.
I'm in the same boat. I trust Riley with all the great choices he has made throughout the years, but then again it bothers me that he offered more then the minimum to Smush Parker and brought in Penny Hardaway. It doesn't take a genius to figure out those two deals shouldn't have been made let along give Smush a player option when it looked like he was headed to Europe. I just hope Riley makes the right decision to Beasley.
@ this actually being true. That's the ridiculous turn this process has taken.
