Blazers20 wrote:I agree John would had been better but honestly at the time of the draft I wasn’t high on him. I actually liked Bam. But in retrospect NeO could had John Collins at 15, OG at 20 and Kuzma at 25.
You realize you can do this with every team right?
How about the ridiculous number of teams that passed up on Ginobli or Tony Parker? How about the ridiculous number of teams that could have had Joe Montana or Tom Brady as they were both taken extremely late in the draft.
The point is EVERY team misses on the best available player all the time for a number of reasons, picking the right player is about 50% luck and 50% skill and until we have a future telling device no team always picks right. **** you could give Neil credit for hitting on plenty of players even if they were eventually traded.
Will Barton at Round 2 pick 40 (One of the best picks of the draft for where he was selected.)
Lillard pick Round 1 pick 6 (Better than almost every player picked in 2012, only arguable player he was worse than is AD and that is debatable.)
Gary Trent Jr. Round 2 pick 37 (This will likely go down as a slam dunk pick he seems to be the type that any team would love to have.)
Even with the Z Collins pick there is no way in hell they take Mitchell over him since he would take minutes from CJ or Lillard. Bam maybe but that isn't set in stone as a way better pick.