But by inductive logic, Elgin's experience was of many, many poor decisions. So Elgin's experience actually counted against him. The reverse is true of Pritchard. Get it?
If we take him everyone will say "KP OUT!!!!" for drafting a scrub with bad knees who slipped to the 2nd round.
Logic fail. I didn't say experience means that Pritchard is "right." I said that in choosing to believe someone with an uninformed opinion and someone with an informed opinion (since we don't know what the "right" pick was, it comes down to who to believe), I'll pick the person with an informed opinion. (That would be Pritchard, the fellow who actually has contacts among all the teams and has shown good judgment in his career, not the angry fan who looked at DraftExpress' mock draft.) Also, since your reading comprehension skills seem to be failing you, let me repeat this: I was responding to oldmangrouch's contention that Pritchard "mailed it in," which implies he put no thought or effort in. So your "non sequitur" accusation is even sillier. Tell me, o exalted logician...does Pritchard's level of effort and research bear on whether he "mailed it in" (i.e. didn't bother putting any effort or research in)?
Be as sarcastic as you like, but JVG said it loud and clear - rebounding ability in college translates into rebounding ability in the NBA. Blair is going to make a lot of people look foolish for passing on him.
A secret you and JVG know, but Pritchard (and every other GM in the game) don't know? Do you think that his medical reports have any relevance? Not as foolish as claiming that Pritchard put in no effort makes a person look.
Fine, explain the thought process and research that went into this pick? It doesn't even save the team any money, in the sense that he still counts as a cap hold....so why not put a little effort into finding a player that might actually help the team?
Perhaps they didn't see a GREAT pick and they just wanted someone they didn't need to worry about right away. This smells of trades to come, plain and simple
