writersblock wrote:No, I don't drink, and I woke up about an hour ago (I feel pretty awake), so I have to blame this pick on sheer lunacy, extreme homerism (I'm a Terp), or simply a hunch. I think this guy is going to be great in Sacramento, even if I can't find a mock that puts him anywhere near this point. The guy nearly led the league in assists...on a really bad team last year. Now he has Cousins and other big scoring options, plus new Kings' coach is calling him the new face of the franchise and raving about him as a multi-position player. Even if you take the Kings' comments as pure PR, he's better than PGs that went/are going earlier (i.e. lowry), so I'm wondering what the hesitation is...
Either way, if there's a bump in picking Vasquez in leagues after this, you can thank me/blame me.
I think it's because lots of other PGs don't have much for depth behind them. Sacramento is kind of a mess.
Your pick reinforced mine though, as I don't think another PG would've fallen to 98.
I went with Nash because I've decided to gamble on great stat mixed in with lots of DNPs...I hate this strategy, but I'm sort of doing what the draft is giving me. I went "safe" last year and it didn't make a difference.
And I agree with Fran, There have been about 5 high upside bigs taken really early here. If you want to be able to brag about being the one who "called it", you have to reach for the moon in a 20 team format...or your guy likely wont make it back to you.
"Llevaré mi talento a Minnesota".