Nivek wrote:Oladipo is a test of my adherence to the best player available philosophy. I think he's the best prospect in the draft. But he doesn't fit an immediate or pending need. The Wizards need help in the front court right away. They're going to need a SF in the next year or two. They need a third guard and/or a backup PG.
They really don't need a SG, unless they have a pure PG as their backup PG. In which case, they could use a "pure" SG to backup Beal. BUT, that's likely to be 12-14 minutes per game, which wouldn't be much playing time for a third overall pick in the draft, or a guy with the ability Oladipo possesses. Which means you're then kind of forced to play 3-guard lineups to get both Beal and Oladipo playing time, which isn't ideal because somebody has to play out of position and against an opponent with a significant size advantage.
Much as I like Oladipo, I don't think he's "the guy" for the Wizards. To me, the next best prospect is Zeller, but apparently almost no one else seems to think that. I'd try to trade the 3 for a pick in the range where I could get Zeller plus something else useful. Or pick Zeller at 3. Or pick Porter, if he's still there. I'm glad there's still some time to the draft.
I kind of agree although I worry as I think you do as well, that Dipo could be good
enough (compared to the other options) to still justify being the pick at 3.
I like Zeller. As I posted earlier and in an analogous sense to what Nate posted
about his top 4 all possibly being available when we pick, if we went back a year
ago and said you probably have the opportunity to draft Zeller in a year, then Zeller
goes out and is one of the top players in the NCAA, you'd think we ought to be pretty
happy to take him. Then add in that he appears to be a better rangier shooter with
better athletic ability...in the words of Fish, we could be over-thinking this.
I still like Porter the best. Noel both scares and intrigues me.
