Why did anthony bennet go first overall ?

[Malta]

They thought he was going to be the most NBA ready player, but he was coming off a shoulder injury and gained a good amount of weight, missed summer league and training camp. Once he came back he was pressing, lacked the explosiveness that people saw @ UNLV and he looked flat out horrible. I actually expect him to have a really good season this year, one thing though, he needs to tone down the 3s, dude should be physically punishing people on the block. He's undersized but he's got the type of weight you want on an undersized player, could be a poor man's Millsap moving forward.

Really, Nerlens Noel would have been the first pick if he were healthy, but there's no guarantee they get the number 1 pick in this years draft. I don't think LeBron re-joins them if they're picking 8-10 in this years draft....

 

[Floyd Pinkerton]

he was da best player on da board in a WEAK draft. You gotta understand, you draft for position so there was no need to take oladipo first when u got kyrie n waiters. oladipo wouldnt play. Nerlens was coming off acl and nobody knows how he gonna bounce back. injuries that early in ya career can be career threatning in bball. To play all 3 off those guys at the same time would be so small. Oladipo is already an "undersized 2 guard" dude was barely over 6'3 in socks, you cant have him playing the 3. He would get murdered on defense. Imagine him having to guard KD...KD would drop 50 on him easy. Bennett was the best choice. Big PF/SF that could shoot 3s.

Lets not right him off yet cuz he still a nba baby. He was a one and done player.......

But damm brah u showed no flashes, nothing, nada so

This is what gets teams into trouble. Always take the best player available and figure out the rest later.

 

[Darealtwo1]

This is what gets teams into trouble. Always take the best player available and figure out the rest later.

whattt no. dat makes no sense. So if u got 3 straight number 1's and the best player is a point guard...you tryna tell me you take 3 straight point guards? wtf you gonna do with 3 6-2 point guards?

 

[Steezy]

he was da best player on da board in a WEAK draft. You gotta understand, you draft for position so there was no need to take oladipo first when u got kyrie n waiters. oladipo wouldnt play. Nerlens was coming off acl and nobody knows how he gonna bounce back. injuries that early in ya career can be career threatning in bball. To play all 3 off those guys at the same time would be so small. Oladipo is already an "undersized 2 guard" dude was barely over 6'3 in socks, you cant have him playing the 3. He would get murdered on defense. Imagine him having to guard KD...KD would drop 50 on him easy. Bennett was the best choice. Big PF/SF that could shoot 3s.

Lets not right him off yet cuz he still a nba baby. He was a one and done player.......

But damm brah u showed no flashes, nothing, nada so

at all that for that last sentence

 

[Steezy]

whattt no. dat makes no sense. So if u got 3 straight number 1's and the best player is a point guard...you tryna tell me you take 3 straight point guards? wtf you gonna do with 3 6-2 point guards?

flip the weakest one for assets

 

[Darealtwo1]

flip the weakest one for assets

brah....dat gm would be fired after the second guard pick...dont forget thats back to back 20win seasons

 

[trollol]

Does this answer your question?

if i ever seen a kid that deserves to get beaten up... its this cac

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

We gonna act like they wouldn't be in a better position w/Noel on their roster as an elite rim protector?

 

[Floyd Pinkerton]

whattt no. dat makes no sense. So if u got 3 straight number 1's and the best player is a point guard...you tryna tell me you take 3 straight point guards? wtf you gonna do with 3 6-2 point guards?

It's called a trade, Einstein. You might find this hard to believe, but other teams in the NBA would be interested in trading for the best player in the draft. Use the depth at your position and/or leverage in terms or draft order and turn it into a good player at your weaker position. It's not rocket science.

Or, you could always draft for need and end up with quality players like Anthony Bennett , Hasheem Thabeet , Cole Aldrich , Al-Faruq Aminu...



To your point though, SAS taking Duncan even with David Robinson on their team really worked out poorly for them...

 

[Darealtwo1]

It's called a trade, Einstein. You might find this hard to believe, but other teams in the NBA would be interested in trading for the best player in the draft. Use the depth at your position and/or leverage in terms or draft order and turn it into a good player at your weaker position. It's not rocket science.

Or, you could always draft for need and end up with quality players like Anthony Bennett , Hasheem Thabeet , Cole Aldrich , Al-Faruq Aminu...



To your point though, SAS taking Duncan even with David Robinson on their team really worked out poorly for them...

if you were a GM..you would be out of a job by year 2. who would trade for a player they havent seen play?

 

[jaguar paw]

We gonna act like they wouldn't be in a better position w/Noel on their roster as an elite rim protector?

Elite before playing one real NBA game?

 

[Poitier]

No stars in that draft

Giannis disagrees.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Elite before playing one real NBA game?

he was a better shot blocker than anthony davis in college, I think it should translate, but I could be wrong

 

[Momentum]

That was a historically bad draft

 

[jaguar paw]

That was a historically bad draft

Still too early to say that.