We still pretending the Warriors didn't make a mistake drafting Wiseman over Lamelo or nah

[Don Homer]

As of now

The number 1 and 3 picks in the 2020 draft have become all stars, in addition to Haliburton.

The number 2 overall pick you ask? What happened to him? Well…

 

[Ohene]

we won a championship
for that alone it was the right move

nobody knows what happens if we draft melo instead

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Aint no "hindsight." People were telling y'all hard headed asses this BEFORE the draft.

People like who? It was already reported Haliburton is who Kerr wanted and he got over rode by Lacob it’s that simple

 

[tremonthustler1]

How so?

He has to fight for PT alongside 2 other young bigs in Duren and Stewart and somehow fight them off (I know they said they'd start Wiseman though). And all three of them go straight to shyt if they luck up and draft Wembanyama this summer.

 

[VegetasHairline]

Still not as bad as drafting Marvin Bagley over Luka Doncic.

 

[42 Monks]

we won a championship
for that alone it was the right move

nobody knows what happens if we draft melo instead

like fr lol

 

[Ozymandeas]

This isn’t even true

Warriors guard rotation during the 2021 season

poole - played 51 games at 19mpg
Mychal mulder - played 60 games for 12mpg
Damion lee - played 57 at 19mpg
Brad wannamaker - played 39 games 16mpg
Kelly oubre (started and played the 2. Wiggins was the 3) - played 55 games at 30 mpg
Kent Bazemore (played some 2) - played 67 games at 20 mpg

The minutes were DEFINITELY there for Poole and LaMelo to get minutes. Kerr was playing fringe NBA players in the guard spots double digit minutes per game. Poole would not get in the way of LaMelo and vice versa

It’s a goofy argument for real. Both those guys could’ve backed up Klay and Steph. Or, they could’ve moved Klay to SF, put Wiggins at backup and had Poole and Melo sharing minutes at SG.

 

[Don Homer]

It’s a goofy argument for real. Both those guys could’ve backed up Klay and Steph. Or, they could’ve moved Klay to SF, put Wiggins at backup and had Poole and Melo sharing minutes at SG.

yep. it was definitely doable. The "Poole wouldn't develop" talking point is pure copium

 

[Left.A1]

Poole doesn’t become Poole if Lamelo is there

Lamelo is better than Poole

 

[Left.A1]

This board overrates the fukk out of LaMelo.

Most of that Lottery turned out to be meh. Haliburton is the guy people should be talking about the Warriors drafting instead of Wiseman.

Nah the Warriors just overrated the fukk outta wiseman and now they traded him for a bag of chips …if it wasn’t for Steph saving them again this is the kind of draft asset malpractice that gets a GM fired

 

[big bun]

What was the mistake exactly? Warriors have the best PG in the league and won them a championship.

 

[djthegreat88]

He has to fight for PT alongside 2 other young bigs in Duren and Stewart and somehow fight them off (I know they said they'd start Wiseman though). And all three of them go straight to shyt if they luck up and draft Wembanyama this summer.

He doesn’t have to fight for minutes at all. Stewart is a bench player at this point and Pistons are pushing him to be full time PF not C. Pistons have been small as hell upfront all year with Bagley always being hurt. Wiseman will most likely get starter minutes rest of year

 

[Left.A1]

It's fascinating, Poole both answers the question of whether a 3rd guard could've helped the original core win now and lessens the blow from the Wiseman disaster by providing a lot of what they missed passing on Melo.

He's a bust and it's spilt milk but at the end of the day their player development/culture turning Jordan into a contributor makes it a lot easier to swallow. There's no "Melo & Poole" scenario because Jordan wouldn't have gotten this opportunity in Golden State if they were both in the building.

This is a misnomer…LaMelo is 6’7” he’s not some little man running around ..he can play alongside other guards because of his size and passing which is what he’s been doing his entire time in Charolette ..and to top it off …which is what I was saying from the jump …even if you can’t slot both of them in for major minutes you’d have a much better set of trade assets if Melo is on your team instead of Wiseman … getting a guy like OG or a guy like Siakim if available for example is infinitely easier with those two resources …it was a terrible fumble and terrible mismanagement of resources no need to still try to rationalize it in 2023 …they fukked up horrendously…Steph was just able to put deodorant over the stench

 

[Left.A1]

nikkas acting like Melo would have them going undefeated

What has Melo shown to warrant this?

Be an actual nba caliber player

GSW has already won a title. They’re good

They were title capable before this draft ..what does that have to do with this fumble?

 

[steph_harden]

This isn’t even true

Warriors guard rotation during the 2021 season

poole - played 51 games at 19mpg
Mychal mulder - played 60 games for 12mpg
Damion lee - played 57 at 19mpg
Brad wannamaker - played 39 games 16mpg
Kelly oubre (started and played the 2. Wiggins was the 3) - played 55 games at 30 mpg
Kent Bazemore (played some 2) - played 67 games at 20 mpg

The minutes were DEFINITELY there for Poole and LaMelo to get minutes. Kerr was playing fringe NBA players in the guard spots double digit minutes per game. Poole would not get in the way of LaMelo and vice versa

Come bruh you know Melo is a ball dominant guard the ball would be in his hands and not Poole’s…especially since he would have been the number 2 pick. There’s no way Poole gets a chance develop like he does with Melo running the offense and still taking 15 shots per game. He’d probably be out there being used like Damion Lee

Lamelo is better than Poole

Never said he wasn’t…