And if you were as good at doing it as you make it sound, you would be working for an NBA team now and not arguing about the merits of prospects on the draft boards.
I am amazed how much people rate their ability to assess talent year in year out. People were smashing Tatum this time last year. Now they are aying player A is a stud adn player B is a bust. Fact is no one here does not have anywhere near the scouting info as much as NBA teams to make that call.
Thats allways such a horrible take when someone has opinion on draft stuff. Its just the same as with Nfl message boards. Gms in general have made very stupid decision, very bad picks, very bad trades ect. They obviously arent some type of gods who are above all critisism. Kings fans should know that since we have drafted so horribly for so long.
When a "fan" or a person who doesnt work in the organization has some analysis or opinion on prospects, its not automatically bad because "otherwise he would work for the organization". You yourself have to figure out wether that persons analysis is correct, incorrect or somwhere in between based on his arguments.
I understand that in general a lot of people have very strong opinions based on very little knowledge and research. That doesnt mean everybody is like that. If someone gives an opinion, shows how he researched the prospect, backs his opinion in statistical data and educated eye test, you got to respect that at least to the point where you dont claim his opinion as bullsh*it just because he doesnt work for the Kings.
Plus not that its your point, but I was relatively high on Tatum last year
Im not saying Im some kind of draft guru but I feel like if I put some time and effort in to make my own evaluations and if there have been many occasions they have been correct, then I dont have to just blindly trust a rookie gm. Same goes for anyone here. Even if I'm low on Bagley, someone else has every right to be dissapointed if he is not our pick. We'll see how it pans out in a few years but everyone is entitled to do their own evaluations. Then its just up to you which evaluations you find educated and which you find not educated.