moocow007 wrote:RHODEY wrote:You have to think we made out well, when we were able to pick the player we wanted at 8. We probably pick that same player with the 4th pick...
At 8 it was the right pick. At 4? Not so much. Folks that hate this pick at 8, need to look at the other players that were left at 8. It's not exactly a rogues gallery of greatness. You had a unproven high upside Euro that averaged 4ppg last season and a high floor low ceiling "point guard" that can't create his own shots and has choppy handles (the double kiss of death in the NBA for a starting PG). Those were your 2 main competing options. The Knicks were screwed the minute they dropped in the lottery selection process. They needed a top 3 slot, they ended up getting up rammed up the butthole. For a butthole pick, Toppin was excellent. Hate the basketball gods, maybe hate them for not trading down...but not this pick. They made the best choice of a bad situation.
"Right' is subjective. Hayes was right to me. But to the Knicks who else are they picking at 4? That was my point. From the Knicks perspective they got the same player th ey likely would have picked at 4. As far as OBI Im keeping an open mind, the kid could be special , I'm not so quick to elevate , Ball ,Wiseman and Edwards ahead of him. Lets see how it plays out... we may be pleasantly surprised.