closg00 wrote:Hoopalotta wrote:Hey, check this out, a forgotten tweet from draft night.....WojYahooNBA The Hornets will break the Wizards hearts with the selection of Washington's Pondexter at No. 26. Wiz hoped he would drop to No. 30.
That explains a lot.
It would of course have been nice to pony up the $4 million and buy the Memphis pick if they felt that way.
Yeah, I don't have the quote, but on draft night, Ernie did say that something to the effect that 2 of the 3 guys that they wanted were already taken (Booker & Pondexter), so that's when they made the Booker move.
One thing is it seems that EG at least partially learned from the fiasco of trading the number 5 too early and made the trade-up deal at the right time. I can't imagine the Minn deal would have been the best offer if teams knew Rubio was there at number 5.
I would have loved the trade-up this year(even if the cost was a little steep), if they could have bought into the 2nd round to get Alabi or Varnado. However overall the draft was solid.