He was a late first round early second round pick. We reached but teams reach all the time. The only bad thing about the pick was who we passed on to get it.
Who, me? No, I'm just curious why this draft of all the drafts in 40+ years is the most important ... I mean, I agree it's certainly important to get it right when you've got two lotto picks , but?...
This is an important draft. After a series of unbelievable injuries that ended the careers of 2 of our big 3 and a roster of players past their prime and dead beats we suddenly find ourselves with a real chance to nearly fully rebuild all at once. With 2 top 12 picks and about $20 million of cap space and a couple of the trade players looking good, this will be easily one of the top 3 most important drafts in team history.
Well I don't really know how to rank it, except to say it's definitely the most important draft this year.
I'm excited for the draft but not nearly as excited as I should be. I think were gonna trade our picks away.
So you're saying it was a bad pick. What other reasons (other than reaching and passing on superior prospects) would there be to define a pick as bad? Ed O.
Mostly saying we didn't hit on a first rounder in the 20's (and its to early to say he is a bust its his first year), and it wasn't considered a bad pick. A little bit of a reach but a lot of analysts not just the blazers were really high on his ability to immediately make an impact. The Major harp on the pick was we passed on Faried for him. I don't have complete faith in our drafting abilities but I don't think we'll screw up with lottery picks as long as there arent' any euro's we can stash.
I would rather do that and win the coinflip then redo that draft. Jordan is the greatest yes but Hakeem with Clyde would have dominated Jordans Bulls.
Just as long as they don't trade out or down in this deep draft. Even they have to realize this is a talented draft, right? This management scares me. Ugh, they suck.
