I agree with everything that article says except one. and thats the euro scouting. we've done just fine without making a conscience effort to draft euroes. like he said its worked out crappily for us before. not that im against drafting overseas players, but i dont think it should be a point of emphasis.

I guess you forgot about Peja, Biedrins in GS, UH HOW ABOUT Boris Diaw, Garbojosa in Toronto, Nene before injury ,Jaric in minnesota.


We need a good euro on the knicks roster, I bet that would make Stern happy.

Posted by playa2:

I guess you forgot about Peja, Biedrins in GS, UH HOW ABOUT Boris Diaw, Garbojosa in Toronto, Nene before injury ,Jaric in minnesota.

Thank you, I was going to say... there are a decent amount of good Euro players in the NBA now. The problem is when teams draft a guy like Tskitshvilli or Darko too high, thinking he will be the next Dirk. However, we have that with US players too. Kwame was drafted #1, because the impression was he was the next KG. Tyson Chandler was drafted #2, thinking he was the next Sheed. Curry was drafted #4, thinking he was the next Shaq. Van Horn was drafted #2 as the next Larry Bird. There's tons of examples. Drafting a guy too high because he slightly reminds you of another player is not a Euro-related problem.