Effigy wrote:It honestly feels like Charlotte is getting jedi-mindtricked here. They wanted Miller from the start. He's a 6'7" small forward who can shoot. What they don't need is a 6'2" point guard who can't shoot. But what is happening is EVERYONE is talking about Scoot and not Miller and I think they're questioning themselves and are going to pick Scoot. Which is fine with me as Miller fits with the team better. I feel like we are more likely to keep Dame AND the pick if the pick is Miller. (though am aware that's not a certainty and we could wind up trading the pick anyway and get less value, or trade Dame anyway and not have a pg)
The same thing happened in 98 when the Clippers were LOCKED IN on Mike Bibby the whole off season, but everyone kept talking up Michael Olowakandi and the Clippers wound up taking him instead.
I'm obviously completely full of ..it
but here's a theory:
it's a case of the tail wagging the dog:
Charlotte has brand new majority owners but Jordan is in charge of the draft. But you know he has people looking over his shoulders. There is uncertainty in Charlotte...lots of it
---> so they pretty much settled on Miller and that gets out into the cyber-ether.
Whew...glad that's settled says the Hornet brain trust
---> shortly after that, it becomes 'apparent' that Portland is almost ecstatic to be getting Scoot---> and it turns out that Dame & Scoot have been talking for weeks---> so yeah, Portland is snickering about getting the 2nd best player in the draft
---> Charlotte sees all that and because of uncertainty and division, they re-visit their decision..."
did you see how happy the Blazers are to be getting Scoot; are we screwing up?"
---> so being wishy-washy and easily manipulated, Charlotte decides that Portland has done a better job of evaluation then they have. So they decide on Scoot
---> which was the point of the Portland leaks yesterday because they really prefer Miller over Scoot
tail wagging the dog...Blazers playing 4-D chess...and yes, it's all drivel
