12-02-2022, 03:36 PM
(12-02-2022, 03:28 PM)mvossman Wrote: You realize that the odds of the 26 pick being a cost controlled useful player is small, right?
Yep, and that's why I've almost always been on the other side of this argument in the past, trying to talk down folks who get upset that the draft is not more valued by this team. I'm all about turning picks into things you know you need and that you know can help. All about it.
And, I don't disagree that the Wood "lottery ticket" was worth a 1st.
What I'm pushing back against is the idea that even if it doesn't work out with Wood, the true value was in "dumping" players, because the players they slid into those spots aren't an improvement over the ones they dumped, and unless I'm remembering wrong they've actually made the problem more long term by giving McGee that ridiculous contract.