With all the recent trades, we all have form some new opinion of Geof Petrie. We all thought he was flawless when it comes to trading and moving pieces, but I think one main aspect that he was average and not so "godly" is at scouting. Since 1999 with the Jason Williams pick, we never really manage to pick up any from the draft that is exceptional. Granted, they are all good picks, but all journeyman at best. Jason Williams had the most potential to be a star, but he's turning into a career starter. Hedo, with all of his potential, is still a 6th man. Gerald Wallace, while it's still early for him, has not done anything worthy of extreme merit this year. This year, we drafted Kevin Martin. I can only hope that he will defy the trend.
When it comes to scouting and recruiting through draft, I have to say the Spur and the Bulls are the best at it. Spur got lucky with drafting Duncan, no doubt about that. But they were incredible in picking Tony Parker at 28th and Manu Ginobili as the 32nd pick in the second round is damn good.
Then there's the Bull, sure they made some dumb choice in trading, but i have to say they're the best talent evaluator out there in drafting. I dont think any of their draft choice is bust so far. Even Curry and Chandler have a pretty bright future ahead. Had they not trade away Elton Brand for Chandler, This could have been their lineup: Brad Miller, Elton Brand, Ron Artest, Jamal Crawford, and Kirk Hinrich with Curry off the bench. That is a championship caliber team. I would include Ben Gordon and Luol Deng as the bench, but i figure they would have won too much the year before to pick up those guys.
I think for our success, we really need to scout better. Look for that diamond in the rough type.
When it comes to scouting and recruiting through draft, I have to say the Spur and the Bulls are the best at it. Spur got lucky with drafting Duncan, no doubt about that. But they were incredible in picking Tony Parker at 28th and Manu Ginobili as the 32nd pick in the second round is damn good.
Then there's the Bull, sure they made some dumb choice in trading, but i have to say they're the best talent evaluator out there in drafting. I dont think any of their draft choice is bust so far. Even Curry and Chandler have a pretty bright future ahead. Had they not trade away Elton Brand for Chandler, This could have been their lineup: Brad Miller, Elton Brand, Ron Artest, Jamal Crawford, and Kirk Hinrich with Curry off the bench. That is a championship caliber team. I would include Ben Gordon and Luol Deng as the bench, but i figure they would have won too much the year before to pick up those guys.
I think for our success, we really need to scout better. Look for that diamond in the rough type.
