8 hours ago
(9 hours ago)Winter Wrote: You might be a bit harsh. You really roll the dice in the late first round.
In 2017, OKC chose Terrance Ferguson in the late first round. Sam Presti was the GM.
Does anyone know who Terrance Ferguson was? I don't. So that's on Presti. I mean everyone is an expert when they have a couple of good draft years. People quickly forget the bad ones.
Sometimes players just need a change. And of course, there's always the possibility Omax hasn't really changed much at all - as you pointed out. Maybe he's just having a good run. Josh Green had one of those when he got to Charlotte.
Presti's track record overall is great. So is your point that I am cherry-picking an unexpected miss under Riccardi amid a sea of great roster-development successes, where he's simply just like Presti? I can't make a case for that sort of success overall, to make me think Riccardi's the "expert" to bank on. Can you?