Smith surprised by demotion. Er...I mean, THE OFFICIAL NOLAN SMITH SUCKS thread

[Mediocre Man]

Oh, I totally get that. Never doubted that for a second.
I just seem to remember a whole lot of questionable draft picks made while Chad was "lead scout". It's been a while since I've thought about it, so forgive me if my memory is fuzzy.

Our drafting has been piss poor for a while, for sure. Hopefully Olshey does a better job. His 11th pick is worrisome though

 

[magnifier661]

Our drafting has been piss poor for a while, for sure. Hopefully Olshey does a better job. His 11th pick is worrisome though

Isn't chad still our scout? And what better player would you have picked at 11? To be honest, there really isn't any players drafted after him that looks way better than Leonard. And keep in mind that the center position was our need. He was the best player available at center after Drummond was selected.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Isn't chad still our scout? And what better player would you have picked at 11? To be honest, there really isn't any players drafted after him that looks way better than Leonard. And keep in mind that the center position was our need. He was the best player available at center after Drummond was selected.

My choice was and still would be Lamb. I also thought Harkless and Jones would be better.

Way too early to tell, I get that

Also, never draft for need

 

[magnifier661]

My choice was and still would be Lamb. I also thought Harkless and Jones would be better.

Way too early to tell, I get that

Also, never draft for need

Never draft for need has always been the motto that teams seem to always forget. Lamb is the only player I would agree with, but we still had to feel out our existing guards, sad but true. We were, are still, extremely thin at the center position. Leonard may someday get to a starting level. Maybe worth like a pryzbilla type player with some offense. I'm hard on him, but I have a right to be. He is still a lotto pick.

This off season has many bigs coming out. What that means is the elite will get picked up, severely overpriced, then the mediocre or above average centers will be available. We don't need a superstar center. We need a center that can rebound, defend and block shots.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Never draft for need has always been the motto that teams seem to always forget. Lamb is the only player I would agree with, but we still had to feel out our existing guards, sad but true. We were, are still, extremely thin at the center position. Leonard may someday get to a starting level. Maybe worth like a pryzbilla type player with some offense. I'm hard on him, but I have a right to be. He is still a lotto pick.

This off season has many bigs coming out. What that means is the elite will get picked up, severely overpriced, then the mediocre or above average centers will be available. We don't need a superstar center. We need a center that can rebound, defend and block shots.

Agreed on the type of center we need. Hickson does one of those things well, although the team has better rebounding numbers with him off the floor, and so far Leonard does none of them well....although he is a pretty good rebounder I think, so one of them sorta