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Wizards Hire Marc Eversley As VP Of Scouting
Sep 13, 2013 2:16 PM EDT

Marc Eversley has been hired by the Washington Wizards as vice president of scouting.

Eversley was previously in the front office of the Toronto Raptors under Bryan Colangelo.

The Wizards have lost Milt Newton and Mike Wilson this offseason.

Via Marc J. Spears/Yahoo! Sports

Thoughts........Personally I don't want anyone who worked under Bryan Colangelo, we know how that ship was run!!!

Smart move by Grunfeld, don't hire anyone who could replace you, a former Rap staffer fits the bill.

As I said in the EG thread, I don't think Ujiri fought hard to keep this guy:

http://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2 ... house.html

Executive vice-president Ed Stefanski is out, vice-president of college scouting Marc Eversley’s future is at best clouded and bleak according to some sources while the team’s professional and regional scouting department is now barren.

LOL so we're taking on Colangelo's flunkies now? Really?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4jGSvxCRp4[/youtube]

I think we should refer to the Mark Eversley Hiring as "meh" from now on, for short.

Without researching thoroughly at all which team decided to draft whom before trades occurred, and being unsure (and too lazy to research) whether Ross was part of the Seattle drafts, here is a brief sketch of the better draft picks selected while Ross and Eversley were part of the scouting depts. Who knows for which they were in part or directly responsible.

Durant, Beaubois, Hibbert, Bledsoe, Jonas Valanciunas, Pondexter, Harden, Westbrook, Ross, Demar, Ibaka, Reggie Jackson...

Biggest miss was obviously Drummond (though a good majority of this board killed us Drummond supporters pre-draft). And I still think (and thought at the time) Ross will make a very good NBA player eventually. Some nice steals, and decisions, in there...