Posted by Caseloads:
early second round picks are going to be like mid-late first rounders for most drafts. after about 18-20, the talent is even until 40.
Now you did it. Isiah is going to trade a future unprotected #1 pick for the 40th pick and rationalize how whoever he picks would have been a lottery pick in the 2008 draft. Then he'll tell us how he would have drafted Randolph Morris, whoever he picks at 23 and the 40th pick with the 9th pick. So in actuality, he was able to add 3 lottery picks which offsets whatever picks he's traded away, and then some.
If it didn’t work in Phoenix with Nash and Stoutamire... it’s just not a winning formula. It’s an entertaining formula, but not a winning one. - Derek Harper talking about D'Antoni's System