Grading The Draft Grader
The NBA Draft is a fun time to speculate how the teams did. Of course, this is almost as hopeless as creating a mock draft, but I still enjoy to see what people think. Here are my favorite clippings from expert Chad Ford.
Analysis: I think it’s too early to know what grade to give Golden State. Grade: Inc
Well, we new that. You can use that statement for any team! His point is that Curry could be traded. Yes, but Hedo Turkoglu could go to Europe, and that didn’t stop ESPN from telling me the Magic’s “projected lineup” which somehow didn’t include Vince Carter, but did include Hedo.
Analysis: There is no “A” in Clippers. The franchise has been sometimes snakebitten and almost always inept.
Well, an A for the Clippers isn’t too hard when they have the most no-brainer pick in the a long time correct? In all, they still only had one pick (which they couldn’t screw up) and Griffin was that one. Not an A for effort on this grade.
So, to recap: The Wolves traded two key players on their roster, Randy Foye and Mike Miller, and took back bad contracts, to get the No. 5 pick, a questionable move. Then in the draft the team got the two guys they love, Rubio and Flynn. Terrific. Then GM David Kahn announced his idea to have Rubio and Flynn play together in the backcourt. Huh?
This might not fit with the idea of this website, but, to be serious for a second, all night I was wondering how many guards the T’wolves wanted. They finally did get rid of Lawson, but now they have some interesting decisions. I agree with Ford that one of them will probably get moved, but, as of now, Minnesota will be a jump shooting team, which doesn’t seem to work to well in the playoffs. This night reminded me of my Lions insisting on picking wide receivers, and we know how well that worked out.
