Audi wrote:dsg2021 wrote:I think it's been a long while to realize that not only should Vooch be resigned for at least 1 year, but 2-3, or even 4, years too. The pressure is truly not on until Bamba is breathing down the Hipster's MVP's neck. Bamba is incredibly young right now too. On the same point, Dwight and Gortat also worked amazing together for some years. Even when that happened with Gortat (when he clearly became good-starter material stuck to 24 MPG), they had the good chemistry and maturity to never make it a problem.
If the Magic want to go lean and even younger, they can still let Ross and, eventually in a couple years, Fournier expire, leaving only one major veteran commitment on the entire 15 man roster in Vooch. That's not a cap anchor in any way.
And I really, really like the retrospect on the last few years of drafts. If there is one huge advantage to not really grabbing a guard in the last 8 years of drafts (minus Oladipo, traded away before WeHam came), it's looking at the big board of all the guards WeHam was very high on in those 8 years. There's so much for everyone to learn from it. Which kinds of guards are working out in the NBA faster than others? Why does it seem hard for a young PG to breach into early stardom? Are there no good PG's in the last decade? Why are 2nd and 3rd and 4th (big board ranked) SG's/Wings outplaying 1st (big board ranked) SG's/Wings in the last half-decade or so? There could be an interesting case study that would thus allow ORL to update how the current trends/meta of the NBA affect guard prospects (because that would be a huge/relevant factor in those questions).
Wait...so you have access to their big board(s)? Where can I find this, without waiting on a dry erase board photo leak?
No, I mean it as an exercise for them only. I have no clue who filled WeHam's top-15 boards those 8 years.
But there's nothing stopping us from learning from it too? Do you know how many of us would have pulled the trigger on a Dante Exum draft selection or trade? A Trey Burke draft selection? A Frank Ntilikina selection? Everyone here was so high on Wiggins too, only to see players like Giannis, Mitchell, Gobert, and Booker come right under our noses to steal the show.
The truth of the matter is that we make these "shoulda, coulda, woulda drafted/traded for these guys" every year, but we completely forget that 2-3 years ago, we had even more conviction to trade that said future draft pick for.. Trey Burke, Dante Exum. Let's learn from it. That means you're gonna look like the SAC of the East drafting log-jammed guards/the-same-type-of-player every year.
So far, I learned that there's a lot of steals in the draft at 10-15, and the Magic can get one thinking like that. And not to think of missing on a top 3 pick as the end of the world (unless faith in management is totally lost after 3-4 stinky years in a row, where it probably becomes the best bet again).
That dry board leak tho..
