REJECTEDBYCLARK wrote:YogurtProducer wrote:REJECTEDBYCLARK wrote:
They could have figured something out. Minny didn't pay a price that I would deem unacceptable to get Edey, especially considering they paid it knowing Anthony Edwards will be only like 29 when that unprotected pick is awarded. Raps could have done the trade with a few more protections and sweetened the deal somehow. Where there is a will there is a way. You move mountains to get a mountain mover.
If we traded potentially two future firsts for Edey in a weak class there would have been people BLASTING Masai
Imagine if Edey absolutely flops, and we gave up two future firsts to get him. That would be horrible.
He's not going to flop and the trade was only one unprotected pick and a pick swap.
That is a very definitive statement. Most #9 picks do not end up that great, and he was a #9 pick in a weak draft. The sad reality is that he is just as likely to flop as he is to succeed.
There is legit causes for concern with Edey.
7'5" guys have issues staying healthy
Can he play defence?
Etc.
FWIW - I like Edey and think the concerns are overblown. That being said, you cant act like it is a definite fact he will succceed.
And yeah... it was an unprotected 1st and a swap. So potentially (essentially) two firsts if SA is good and if MIN is bad.