Dr. Detfink wrote:1999 wrote:
You have a few points but I don’t think there is necessarily a “right” way. If there was, how would that account for teams like the Kings being perpetually bad despite lottery pick after pick? Good management/ownership is more of a variable in the success of a team despite where they pick. Take the Jazz for example. That is such a well run franchise and they are rarely amongst the NBA’s worst teams. As for the Knicks, Mudiay was worth the gamble for what we gave up. If you want to use the pg situation as an example than that would apply to Trey. It’s clear that nobody is really sure what Frank is yet. That’s more on Frank than it is the coach. Mitch gets all the minutes he can handle at this point. He cannot play without fouling at a high rate, but he’s getting minutes. Knox it’s entirely too early to tell being he was injured. But Knox will get every opportunity to start before the season is finished.
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Similar to the Knicks, the Kings have sabotaged themselves many times. Outside of the 2018 NBA draft, the last time the Kings have drafted in top 3 was 1991, Billy Owens.
Look at their draft history, they've drafted better than the Knicks. WAY better.
At least they had the patience and guts to play the kids and go through the growing pains last year.
Paying dividends this year in many ways - including having one of the top picks performing ok.
Knox's potential is right up there with everyone you listed. Why was he left off your list? 
