Orlando Prodigy wrote:Sounds like blind faith. A lot of you are wanting MCW with the 9th. Which makes it awfully apparent that a large majority of you didn't watch any college ball this year if you'd trade a player like McLemore/Oladipo for a guy like MCW just because it will give us more assets.
The 26th pick in this draft probably won't be anyone special, but to most of you quantity is > quality.
We can acquire picks in other ways, no need to let Minny rob us in a trade to take their overpaid bust of a 2nd pick off their hands and a late first round pick in a weak draft. An early 2nd is more valuable than a late first.
I think the prevailing thought is that if Hennigan looks at Noel/McLemore/Oladipo and thinks they are can't miss talents, then he will snap them up. But if he's not sold on them, and he prefers someone else (some assume McCollum, some assume MCW, but it could be anyone) and he thinks/knows that they will be available later in the lottery, and he can snag a couple extra assets at the same time, then he may as well do so.
Why spend a #2 pick on someone if they're not your favourite guy? Why draft someone #2 if they're expected to go further down?
D.Williams and the #9 could potentially be packaged for NOH/SAC's pick, too. So we could still look to jump up in the draft again.
