Actually, no. What I'd view as overly negative is continuous rants about the same thing (which is not aimed at anyone specific). I wasn't happy with the draft trade and first round pick and I've said so. I've also discussed it with people who questioned my attitude. That's fine and part of trying to objectively evaluate the team. IMO (and, of course, this is only IMO), it smacks of losing the plot (that following sports is supposed to be fun) to get angrier and angrier.
Nik, can't this be said of every player in the draft. They were great somewhere or no one would take note of them. Will any of them translate to the NBA? Will/did Oden? It's all an educated guess, seems to me.
I'm not very happy with our draft day but it happened and I'm going to try to be optimistic. I don't care if I'm setting myself up for failure.. The overt negativity at this point is pointless.
To be fair, Kevin Pelton's WARP projection thought that Patty Mills would be a much better player than Eric Maynor and Wes Mathews WARP is very close to Nolan Smith's projected WARP. So... with this said - it is a pretty clear that for late 1st and projected 2nd round picks - his projections are not as great as you would hope... In 2009 his projection was that Nick Calathes would be the best player from the draft. He is averaging around 7 points per game in 16 minutes in the Greek league...
Why? None of it matters until Smith gets on the court. Either he can play, or he can't. Kevin Pelton's projection will have nothing to do with it. Projecting an unknown? Now THAT is a waste of time. It's as foolish as projecting PER before a player plays even a minute in a game.
