Curtis Polk (Hornets Vice Chair) interview

[catch20two]

Of course I can fairly critique him. His job was to acquire the best talent available. Who’s to say if trading 2nd rounders is a MJ thing, maybe Cho himself don’t believe in them.

[BeesWax]

One of the best arguments in favor of Cho getting a raw deal though is our insistence on selling 2nd round picks. Hard to believe that was his decision or something he wanted to do, if we hit on just one of those on a PG he would likely still have a job.

That argument gets thrown out the window because of what we did with our late 1st round and two #31 overall picks over the years.

2012 - Jeff Taylor over Will Barton and Tomas Satoransky
(Draymond Green, Kris Middleton, Jae Crowder, Mike Scott, Kyle O’Quinn)

2014 - PJ Hairston over Shabazz Napier, Spencer Dinwiddie, and Jordan Clarkson
(Nikola Jokic, Clint Capela, Kyle Anderson)

2016 - Traded #22 overall for Marco Belinelli over Malcolm Brogdon and Dejounte Murray

2017 - Dwayne Bacon over Frank Mason

The opportunities were there but it shows Cho’s incompetence as a GM and inability to find talent at the easiest position to find talent at in the NBA.

I think 2016 was all Cliff. He got in Jordans ear about getting Beli to be his Batum off the bench and Cho was forced out of the draft. Mason would never play here because he isn't 6'6" and same with Shabazz. Cliff wants a tall second PG and he and Kemba went to bat for MCW this season. It was a mistake but Cliff is determined to ride him down with the ship. Late picks are a gamble you sometimes hit on and sometimes miss but a lot times you pick guys trying to fit a system there while you should always go BPA early on.