2022 NBA Draft: #37 Jaden Hardy (6' 3", 6' 9" WS) to DAL | two 2nds to SAC

[KillerLeft]

That sort of mentality is why our talent level other than Luka is not all that great.  There are 3 avenues to improve your team. Trades, FA and the draft.  The first two requires two to tango and you might have to give up something valuable.  Plus you might take 2 years there two like KP to realize that the trade was a bust. The draft is one place where you can legit find a great talent even much lower in the draft. We have a 2 time MVP now who is a 2md rounder. Sure that doesn’t happen but a lot of cheap good talent is found late first and early 2nd. Why just dismiss that avenue for improvement especially given the issues that are there if you go the FA and trade route also?

Ordinarily, I’d agree. But, in this case, they don’t have a roster spot without taking evasive maneuvers. It’s possible one will be created through other business, but they really need to add more ROTATION pieces now, and I have a hard time envisioning ways to do that without losing the ones they have unless the pick is used for that purpose. 

I’m not anti-draft, but I AM anti “always draft a player, even when it doesn’t make sense.” 

Bending over backwards and possibly spending an asset for less than its full value just to create a roster spot for a #26 project who won’t play and probably won’t develop seems like doubling your losses, to me. 

I think the approach to team-building needs to be nuanced and flexible, personally.