Am2626 wrote:dice wrote:PlayerUp wrote:
Not BPA, BCP. We should be drafting the player that has the highest ceiling. If you want BPA, then that would be drafting the best ready now player who can contribute as a role player which is what Gar/Pax did all those years and it didn't work.
that's not what garpax did all those years. most years they did, and it usually succeeded. some they went with the higher ceiling and it failed. they went with the highest ceiling in tyrus over more "ready now" in aldridge and that backfired. also, teague was a project when they were in "win now" mode and that failed. alternately, they famously went with "ready now" in mcdermott and that failed
hinrich, gordon, duhon, noah, taj - all drafted to contribute immediately, none with particularly high ceilings
GarPax were good for the most part in drafting safe picks but failed miserably when it came to finding the high potential guy. Biggest misses that come to mind are the Tyrus over Aldridge decision and when they moved up to draft McDermott. They could have taken LaVine with that pick and both guys that Denver took in Harris and Nurkic were better picks than McDermott. That had to be GarPax’s worst draft day decision of their tenure.
obviously those were both significant misses. the superstar potential guy was tyrus, though. and taking lavine made no sense given that they were in "win now" mode and he was a project. i would have preferred sticking w/ nurkic and harris at the time
