Duffman100 wrote:TorontoBarneys wrote:Man Bufkin was right there lol
The Duke wrote:Keyonte George 19-6-4, 7/13, 4/9, 22min on the road in win against bucks
Y'all are going to drive yourself crazy with this. Teams make draft mistakes, it happens. We've just rarely been on that end of it.
In 2020 it was Malachi over Bane at #29. 2021, OK fine. 2022 we traded down for Koloko. 2023 ...
So we're batting .250 over the last four seasons. Which isn't the worst I've seen. But this organization has a vaunted scouting staff, and is headed by a former scout. The thing is, Malachi and Gradey were unusual player types to be drafted by the Raptors. We usually like either the long bois or strong, chunky guys like Kyle and Fred.
I'd really be interested in hearing the machinations behind our draft picks before draft day, not the sanitized view we get on Open Gym. Who are Dan and his underlings pushing for? How much is Masai involved? A documentary along the lines of the "ugly girlfriend" scout conference in Moneyball would be funny. Would Bobby, a known cap savant, represent Jonah Hill's numbers nerd character? Masai points at him and he says "He makes his FTs at a rate that's projectable into 3-point shooting from the NBA line."