Oden, Bayless, Harrison Barnes over Lillard, Qyntel Woods. I wanted Rudy Gay over Roy. Big fail at one point. Maybe not as big of a fail today due to longevity.
Morrison. But honestly, he could score in the NBA. He just couldn't guard and then got hurt. I think his diabetes with the NBA schedule caught up to him. Another guy that I really liked who hasn't panned out was Alec Burks. I thought the Martell Webster pick was so retarded at the time. It didn't disappoint. As I've gotten older my eye for draft talent has gotten really good.
Oh gawd. I remember that was a common sentiment. I do remember I publicized Lillard on this board pretty early when that draft season was young and Lillard was getting mocked around 25 in the draft. I posted a bunch of highlight vids. The rest is history.
I'm glad I got that one right. I thought Roy and Aldridge were the two best players in the draft and was shocked when we got both. I remembered another fail...... I thought Monia and Khryapa would come over and be like am army of Ginoblis. Whoops.
Same here. Once we traded down, I really wanted Green to be our pick instead of Webster. I was flabbergasted he fell to that annoying git Ainge at 18 and pissed we didn't trade up from 22nd (Jarrett Jack) to 17 to get Green. I've always been much better at projecting big men than guards, but after that draft, I kind of gave up on trying to project how guards would transition to the NBA. I was even cautious not to get too high on Lillard, until the first time I saw him play live in a preseason game before his rookie year. I knew then and there he was truly special. It was pretty obvious. BNM
Again, same here. I thought, at the very least, he'd be an all star, with the potential to be a super star. BNM
I am pretty sure for the most part, (at least for me) the Austin Rivers love was for #11. Not instead of Dame.
This is mine, too. I was pretty unhappy with the pick, I thought he was low-upside due to lack of explosive athleticism and being a four-year college player, he didn't strike me as dominant enough. Of course, I read an interview with him years later where it turned out that he was a great dunker coming out of high school, but avoided going for dunks in college because he wanted to refine his skills rather than coasting on athleticism.
