Where we started screwing up with picks was during the Layden era. From that point on, it's been a routine ****-show.

gunsnewing wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Same here. The Marbury for Heyward shook the hell out of me.

Why? Unlike Curry, Marbury actually performed admirably before the tires fell off in 2009.

Because I know about Noah and Aldridge but had forgotten about Heyward

We never would've been bad enough to pick Hayward with future MVP candidate LaMarcus Aldridge and future MVP candidate Joakim Noah on our team though. So that trio would never have been possible. Had we not traded for Marbury though, chances are that we would've gotten a better pick in the 2005 draft to pick either CP3 or Deron Williams. I think that and the fact that we picked Ronaldo Balkman ahead of Rajon Rondo chills me more.

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:On the glass is half full side of thinking, I'm surprised to see that we actually did the right thing by trading those picks. We clearly won out in trading Bill Cartwright and our pick (Will Purdue) for Charles Oakley and Rod Strickland. Both the guys we got were quasi-allstars and played at that level for nearly a decade. How about Deert Hammick for Doc Rivers (6th man) and Charles Smith (starter)? And I think Kirk Snider for Stephon Marbury is more than okay in my book.

Where we started screwing up with picks was during the Layden era. From that point on, it's been a routine ****-show.

I don't know, Layden's gone and we still do the same **** year after year. I wonder if there was something else that happened in the late 90s to explain this...

LOL, touché. I'm not sure if you're a GOT fan but the dude is like the adult version of Robin Aaron of House Vale. And yes, it is embarrassing to be this much of a nerd.

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:On the glass is half full side of thinking, I'm surprised to see that we actually did the right thing by trading those picks. We clearly won out in trading Bill Cartwright and our pick (Will Purdue) for Charles Oakley and Rod Strickland. Both the guys we got were quasi-allstars and played at that level for nearly a decade. How about Deert Hammick for Doc Rivers (6th man) and Charles Smith (starter)? And I think Kirk Snider for Stephon Marbury is more than okay in my book.

Where we started screwing up with picks was during the Layden era. From that point on, it's been a routine ****-show.

I don't know, Layden's gone and we still do the same **** year after year. I wonder if there was something else that happened in the late 90s to explain this...

LOL, touché. I'm not sure if you're a GOT fan but the dude is like the adult version of Robin Aaron of House Vale. And yes, it is embarrassing to be this much of a nerd.

I always though he was more of a Joffrey or maybe Viserys.

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:On the glass is half full side of thinking, I'm surprised to see that we actually did the right thing by trading those picks. We clearly won out in trading Bill Cartwright and our pick (Will Purdue) for Charles Oakley and Rod Strickland. Both the guys we got were quasi-allstars and played at that level for nearly a decade. How about Deert Hammick for Doc Rivers (6th man) and Charles Smith (starter)? And I think Kirk Snider for Stephon Marbury is more than okay in my book.

Where we started screwing up with picks was during the Layden era. From that point on, it's been a routine ****-show.

I don't know, Layden's gone and we still do the same **** year after year. I wonder if there was something else that happened in the late 90s to explain this...

LOL, touché. I'm not sure if you're a GOT fan but the dude is like the adult version of Robin Aaron of House Vale. And yes, it is embarrassing to be this much of a nerd.

I always though he was more of a Joffrey or maybe Viserys.

They seemed to be in command of their mental faculties. Having heard Dolan speak, I'd genuinely be surprised if he could tie his own shoes.

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:On the glass is half full side of thinking, I'm surprised to see that we actually did the right thing by trading those picks. We clearly won out in trading Bill Cartwright and our pick (Will Purdue) for Charles Oakley and Rod Strickland. Both the guys we got were quasi-allstars and played at that level for nearly a decade. How about Deert Hammick for Doc Rivers (6th man) and Charles Smith (starter)? And I think Kirk Snider for Stephon Marbury is more than okay in my book.

Where we started screwing up with picks was during the Layden era. From that point on, it's been a routine ****-show.

I don't know, Layden's gone and we still do the same **** year after year. I wonder if there was something else that happened in the late 90s to explain this...

LOL, touché. I'm not sure if you're a GOT fan but the dude is like the adult version of Robin Aaron of House Vale. And yes, it is embarrassing to be this much of a nerd.

I always though he was more of a Joffrey or maybe Viserys.

They seemed to be in command of their mental faculties. Having heard Dolan speak, I'd genuinely be surprised if he could tie his own shoes.

I'll give you Joffrey, he was narcissist and a sociopath, but Viserys? That dude was bug**** crazy and a complete idiot. Couldn't you just see Dolan ranting and raving that he's the dragon and you don't want to waken the dragon.

My bad. I thought that you were speaking about Cersei (I didn't know how her name was spelled and thought that "Viserny" was pronounced like it). Now that its been cleared up, I agree with you. Viserny had a malevolent vibe about him though that I don't see in Dolan. It's why I thought Robin was an appropriate comparison because he has that heir of entitlement that Viserny's. Unlike Viserny though, Robin's arrogance seemed to be fueled by a kind of naiveté that reminded me a lot of Dolan. Even the inflections they have sounded similar to me.

BigDaddyG wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:On the glass is half full side of thinking, I'm surprised to see that we actually did the right thing by trading those picks. We clearly won out in trading Bill Cartwright and our pick (Will Purdue) for Charles Oakley and Rod Strickland. Both the guys we got were quasi-allstars and played at that level for nearly a decade. How about Deert Hammick for Doc Rivers (6th man) and Charles Smith (starter)? And I think Kirk Snider for Stephon Marbury is more than okay in my book.

Where we started screwing up with picks was during the Layden era. From that point on, it's been a routine ****-show.

I don't know, Layden's gone and we still do the same **** year after year. I wonder if there was something else that happened in the late 90s to explain this...

LOL, touché. I'm not sure if you're a GOT fan but the dude is like the adult version of Robin Aaron of House Vale. And yes, it is embarrassing to be this much of a nerd.

I always though he was more of a Joffrey or maybe Viserys.

They seemed to be in command of their mental faculties. Having heard Dolan speak, I'd genuinely be surprised if he could tie his own shoes.

I'll give you Joffrey, he was narcissist and a sociopath, but Viserys? That dude was bug**** crazy and a complete idiot. Couldn't you just see Dolan ranting and raving that he's the dragon and you don't want to waken the dragon.

My bad. I thought that you were speaking about Cersei (I didn't know how her name was spelled and thought that "Viserny" was pronounced like it). Now that its been cleared up, I agree with you. Viserny had a malevolent vibe about him though that I don't see in Dolan. It's why I thought Robin was an appropriate comparison because he has that heir of entitlement that Viserny's. Unlike Viserny though, Robin's arrogance seemed to be fueled by a kind of naiveté that reminded me a lot of Dolan. Even the inflections they have sounded similar to me.

Dolan and Robin also had to fight addictions to naturally occurring white substances.

LOL, great point.

CrushAlot wrote:Lance Stephenson bringing back bad memories from the Rautins/Fields draft.

Imagine how portland feels everytime they play OKC, it's all a crap shoot

BRIGGS wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Lance Stephenson bringing back bad memories from the Rautins/Fields draft.

Imagine how portland feels everytime they play OKC, it's all a crap shoot

If its all a crap shoot then why does SA have Kwame Leonard starting at SF Tony Parker starting at PG Manu Ginobli 6th man of the year back up and starter after Duncans gone Splitter all SA draft picks. These werent 1 picks the best was 15 how is this a crap shoot? They got lucky 7-8 times in a row?

Exactly

SupremeCommander wrote:when I read that, it seems as though because the Knicks hadn't got burned early they made it a corporate poliy to include picks in to get their transactions done - and then the team got burned big time. But even then it still ticks me off because if I remember correctly, the Knicks traded the pick that ultimately became Scottie Pippen

Didn't they also pick Michael Ray Richardson over Larry Bird?

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:when I read that, it seems as though because the Knicks hadn't got burned early they made it a corporate poliy to include picks in to get their transactions done - and then the team got burned big time. But even then it still ticks me off because if I remember correctly, the Knicks traded the pick that ultimately became Scottie Pippen

Didn't they also pick Michael Ray Richardson over Larry Bird?

Damn, I just looked it up: we did. Blazers, Kings, Pacers, Knicks, and Warriors picked Mychal Thompson, Phil Ford, Rick Robey, Micheal Ray Richardson, and Purvis Short before Boston took Bird at 6. That's right up there with taking Bowie over Jordan.

Chalk that one up to Willis Reed. Another reason why very few players make good GM's or coaches.

Yes, please get me some more draft picks.