Posted by nixluva:
You have a good point about the Bulls.
With reference to the other things you mention, it's not a fair comparison with what Isiah was facing. If you have A Melo, Bosh or Howard in place it makes things a bit easier. In Isiah's 1st year we had the #16 pick, which wouldn't have netted much and Dolan didn't want a rebuild. So when you couple that with the horrble players we had that most felt were untradeable, Isiah's taks was infinitely more difficult.
Wrong Nix once again. His first mistake was trading for Marbury which IMO has set the franchise back about a good 3yrs. He should have let Layden's team bottom out. Therfore he could have had a stud during the 04 Draft. His problem was he's such an egomaniac he felt...."Ahhhh I can make an immediate loud thunderous entry into GMing by getting this team to the playoffs by trading for a Sexy Loser." Then when he trades for Marbury he gives up unprotected Lottery picks in the process. Now Nix if we would have let the team bottom out at the end of the 2003-2004 season(even if that meant trading away Houston or anyone else for pennies on the dollar do it) and the Marbury trade never happens, what would our win total have been? I say anywhere from 28-33wins if not worse. We would have had a Top 10 pick for sure and probably Top 7 pick with the possibility of hitting the lottery heading into the 04 draft. Let's say we lose the lottery, Luol Deng and Andre Iggy were probably locks for us other notables, Livingston, Devin Harris, Biendrins, Jefferson. Now depending on where our pick would have been and remember I SAY UGH is the ZEN of drafters maybe he could have swung a deal to get higher wherever they were positioned or traded down to get the player he wanted along with picking up current or future assets(picks,maybe even clearing more cap space by making a draft day trade that yr). Let's say we picked Deng as we proceed to the 2004-2005 season. We still need to be in full rebuild mode. Keep gutting the team and pick up role players galore. Let's say we finish with another less than 30 win season by the end heading into the 2005 draft, The draft that saw Milwaukee who finished with the 6th worst record land the #1 pick. We're talking here of possibly getting Bogut, Williams, Deron, Paul, Felton, Bynum(we still could of had him either way). Maybe even could have still traded for Curry depending on remaining assets, although I wouldn't have. Let's say we go point guard with the a Top 3 pick and grab Deron now we have Deron and Deng..... and so on and so forth but we'll never know because we have the worst GM in basketball.
