Think people tend to overrated the success rate of draft picks, here are the last 10 #4 picks in the NBA draft:
2009 - Tyreke Evans
2010 - Wesley Johnson
2011 - Tristan Thompson
2012 - Dion Waiters
2013 - Cody Zeller
2014 - Aaron Gordon
2015 - Kristaps Porzingis
2016 - Dragan Bender (I don't know who this is - nice pick Suns!)
2017 - Josh Jackson
2018 - Jaren Jackson
Even with the benefit of hindsight, none of those picks (not one) would be worth giving up DeRozen for. This underscores the flaw behind the tanking theory. The miss rate with even top 5 draft picks is high; teams that seek to be the worst to accumulate talent risk staying bad for a long time which destroys the fanbase and makes the franchise toxic for free agents.
Think people tend to overrated the success rate of draft picks, here are the last 10 #4 picks in the NBA draft:
2009 - Tyreke Evans
2010 - Wesley Johnson
2011 - Tristan Thompson
2012 - Dion Waiters
2013 - Cody Zeller
2014 - Aaron Gordon
2015 - Kristaps Porzingis
2016 - Dragan Bender (I don't know who this is - nice pick Suns!)
2017 - Josh Jackson
2018 - Jaren Jackson
Even with the benefit of hindsight, none of those picks (not one) would be worth giving up DeRozen for. This underscores the flaw behind the tanking theory. The miss rate with even top 5 draft picks is high; teams that seek to be the worst to accumulate talent risk staying bad for a long time which destroys the fanbase and makes the franchise toxic for free agents.
Spurs wouldn't trade DeRozan for Zinger or Jaren Jackson? Doubt that.Think people tend to overrated the success rate of draft picks, here are the last 10 #4 picks in the NBA draft:
2009 - Tyreke Evans
2010 - Wesley Johnson
2011 - Tristan Thompson
2012 - Dion Waiters
2013 - Cody Zeller
2014 - Aaron Gordon
2015 - Kristaps Porzingis
2016 - Dragan Bender (I don't know who this is - nice pick Suns!)
2017 - Josh Jackson
2018 - Jaren Jackson
Even with the benefit of hindsight, none of those picks (not one) would be worth giving up DeRozen for. This underscores the flaw behind the tanking theory. The miss rate with even top 5 draft picks is high; teams that seek to be the worst to accumulate talent risk staying bad for a long time which destroys the fanbase and makes the franchise toxic for free agents.
I cannot recall an organization imploding quite the way the Lakers are - front office wise. I have breezed through several articles recently and the thread connecting all of them is that Pelinka is essentially a serial liar. Who also says really weird shit. I think it is crazy that the Pelicans fired their GM for basically getting in bed with Pelinka and Magic, and that nobody in the Lakers organization paid the price for what was the shitshow of pursuing Anthony Davis publicly with basically all of your roster outside Lebron.
I honestly don't know how you fix it other than totally cleaning house and let Lebron put his own team in - or just clean house and name Kobe the GM and see how he does.
Think people tend to overrated the success rate of draft picks, here are the last 10 #4 picks in the NBA draft:
2009 - Tyreke Evans
2010 - Wesley Johnson
2011 - Tristan Thompson
2012 - Dion Waiters
2013 - Cody Zeller
2014 - Aaron Gordon
2015 - Kristaps Porzingis
2016 - Dragan Bender (I don't know who this is - nice pick Suns!)
2017 - Josh Jackson
2018 - Jaren Jackson
Even with the benefit of hindsight, none of those picks (not one) would be worth giving up DeRozen for. This underscores the flaw behind the tanking theory. The miss rate with even top 5 draft picks is high; teams that seek to be the worst to accumulate talent risk staying bad for a long time which destroys the fanbase and makes the franchise toxic for free agents.
No, the answer is to pay whatever needs to be paid to bring back Pat Riley. Reunite Pat Riley to serve as actual GM with LeBron on the Lakers with nobody else under contract.
And again, there’s a reason why those GMs were picking #4. They aren’t good at judging talent.
Look, I’m a firm believer you can get good talent anywhere in the draft. It’s not worth moving heaven and earth just to get picks.
But the reality is a future all-NBA player is likely on the board at #4. If the Spurs can get a package that includes Kuzma and the #4 for DeRozan, they should consider it.
Riley is happily ensconced in Miami. He'll be dead when the city falls to the tide. He's got a hands off owner - one I might add who didn't fuck the last GM there. Plus, he's got problems to solve of his own there. He ain't going back to LA at 74 to work with the Buss family. That is why ownership and then mgmt matters.
The best they can do right now is Kobe. Otherwise, the hire has to go thru Lebron.
There are obviously some GMs that suck at drafting, but I’d be willing to bet every single NBA GM has made shitty picks.
A lot of luck involved.