Paladin55 wrote:BRIGGS wrote:If I had my choice between S Curry and D Wade I would take Curry. D Wade is one of the top 5 players but he is also an injury waiting to happen. Curry has all the potential to be the best PG and a top 10 NBA player himself. I still would like to know if we could've had that deal with Washington's5 for chandler or why we didn't try to swap with Minnesota. I think the Knicks just liked and wanted Hill.
I don't think so, Briggs- I think we thought Curry was going to be there when we picked, and that Hill would be gone. You have to think that MDA was in love with Curry's game as well as his intelligence and maturity. I think we would have taken Curry over Rubio and Evans, to be honest.
The team that F'd up the most in the draft (IMO)was Minny- who could have ended up with some combination of Curry and Hill/DeRozan on their team, or if they had made the trade (if it really was on the table) with us- Rubio (who might have played if he had not been "insulted" with the Flynn pick), Chandler, and whomever they picked with our #8 pick.
If Rubio is "insulted" I would be suprised. I think its just "Posture" more than anything. I don't think he or anyone thought he'd fall to 4 and that it would be Siberian small ass market Minny snagging his rights.
But, Kahn is building thru the draft and in the end he might have the last laugh. Teams like ATL and OK suck until all of a sudden they are up and comers. Even Milwaukee got us green with envy.