04-21-2022, 02:45 PM
(04-21-2022, 02:32 PM)windjc Wrote: Why don't we just draft a guy that helps us right away and becomes an all rookie first teamer? There are guys like this drafted in the 20s almost every year.
Some arguments against this line of thinking:
1. These are still rare guys, and there is not a lot of history of this FO being able to find them.
2. Those guys are generally smaller players (guards and wings). Bigs generally take longer to develop. We don't have a lot of room on the roster for another guard or wing, making it tough to get minutes and develop.
3. Assuming we are one good center from contention (I think we might be) and we can get said center with that pick and salary filler, then the opportunity cost of taking a gamble on a late first would be huge.