During the tournament, I was down on Aldridge after he got beat up on by Tyrus THomas and Big Baby. I stopped putting a ton of stock into such small sample sizes shortly after.
That's what I'm saying: I didn't predict Paul or Williams being that good. I thought Paul was too small and Williams wasn't really a PG, or athletic enough. I figured at the time that Jack might be almost as good as Williams.
...so far Will Barton has been a bit of a disappointment. But for a second round pick, I don't think we can complain.
I was in grad. school at USC when he was there. Saw him shopping at the 32nd St. Market. I have a theory that he's mildly autistic, or at least "on the spectrum". He was already not the next Jordan when he fell to 12th in the draft.
Evan Turner is probably my worst miss in recent years. I thought he had the skills of Brandon Roy, and the body. He's an average NBA player, but not at all worth the #2 pick.
I'm the fool that is still holding out hope for him. Though not on a Brandon Roy level. I still would love to acquire him. In the interest of getting younger, and adding more ball handling, would still try this offseason to swap Wes for him.
I still think he has a future in the league, too, but I really did think he'd be a primary scorer and command double teams. He was decent last season, though, and maybe getting a coach other than Doug Collins will help.
Thought they were going to be great - Bayless/Derrick Williams/DJ Augustin/Joe Alexander/Anthony Randolph/Johny Flynn Thought were going to be busts - Westbrook/Ty Lawson/Larry Sanders/
