Posted by nyk4ever:
Posted by diderotn:
Look, having Frye is not a bad move. We have guys like Sweetney to compensate for whatever Frye is not able to provide, I.E. guarding bigger guys. Sweet is perhaps 270 lbs, we can use his weight to push people around with Frye coming over the top to block shots...
Thats the problem. When you pick a big man at 8 you should not have to worry about having to compensate with other players on your roster for what he can't do. This is why I don't want Channing Frye, he's not good enough to be picked with the 8th pick! I don't mind Channing, I woulnd't mind if the Knicks had the 15th pick and took him, then it's worth it but at the 8th pick in the draft you need to the players that have the best chance of being superstars in this league, no ifs ands or buts and Channing does not fit that description, he's going to be a pretty good player in the NBA but never any better then that, he MIGHT make a all-star team one year if everything goes his way but your not going to get much more from him then that.
If Channing Frye is going to be the 8th pick in the draft, he better play like someone picked in the top8 of the draft and not someone who is picked in the mid to late first round which is what I absolute fear the most becuase I've seen the kid play in college numerous times. Atleast with Bynum you are getting a kid who isn't going to be pushed around on defense and on offense will be able to overpower people once he gets a feel for the NBA game.
[Edited by - nyk4ever on 06/26/2005 14:03:17]
A) Drafting players that complement each other is also called building a team.
B) Go back and look at the second half of the lotto from the past ten drafts. The second half of the lotto is usually one of the hardest places to seperate the good from the over-hyped. It's provided teams with some superstars, but getting a superstar is NOT the rule. The teams that screw up are usually those that reach and try to predict a superstar. I feel like this is the case with the Bynum love around here: people are pissed we screwed up getting Bogut and now they want the next "superstar" center. Anyone remember when Briggs was calling Bogut the next superstar in this league? Now it's Bynum? There's going to be two superstar centers in this draft? Teams do better in the draft when they try to take the player they like best, rather reach on some big project like Diop, Robert Swift, Petro, Weis, Jerome James. Frye doesn't fit into that category. You know what you're getting with Frye. A guy who is an active defender, good shotblocker, solid rebounder, very good scorer. He's going to be a solid starter in this league. To me, that's a great use of a draft pick. When was the last time this team drafted someone who could start (outside of maybe Ariza)?
