UCFJayBird wrote:rcklsscognition wrote:A lot of defense for a guy who hasn't drafted a single above average player in his entire 5 years with our organization and whiffed on every single late draft pick where he could have stolen a talented player. A lot of defense for the 1 gm in the entire league who thought it would be a good idea to go big in an era of perimeter scoring guards. A lot of defense for a GM who may wind up next summer with none of the players he has drafted even on our roster. A lot of defense for a GM who burned through 4 coaches in 5 years.
But let's let him keep trading, and shuffling, and buying time. Let's let him and his useless scouts continue to scout and prep our team for the last hope we have of turning it around this decade.
/rant
A lot of attacks on a guy who had a lot of bad luck and unfortunate situations thrown in his lap. Don't get me wrong, Hennigan deserves criticism and should probably get the axe this summer. But let's not act like he was given a golden goose and threw it away.
Sure he's had some bad luck when it comes to the lottery but sometimes you have to make your own luck.
Throughout his tenure we've seen talent traded for seemingly pennies on the dollar (IT, Bledsoe, Lowry, Cousins, Batum, Hill)
We've seen talent drafted in the middle of the first round (Giannis, McCollum, LaVine, Booker, Turner)
We've seen talent drafted later in the draft (Draymond, Jokic, Middleton, Gobert)
We've seen talent get picked up off the scrap heap (Whiteside)
(All names above were off the top of my head I am sure I'm missing some)
Sure you can go name by name and tell me why we wouldn't be able to acquire said player.. But the point still stands: there have opportunities to acquire superior talent outside of solely hoping for a top draft pick and Hennigan has failed to do so.
His tenure has not been terrible but not being Billy King is not enough to last beyond 5 seasons on the job.
