We should totally have a tournament of greatest draft screw ups with the condition being we have to allow...4 seasons...to see what happened to the picks and any1 involved in trades for the picks.

I dunno if this kid is ever going to play a minute in the NBA/be a huge bust/be a superstar but..

"But looking back, sending the fifth pick to Minnesota for Miller and Foye stands as an unfortunate move for the franchise, since both Miller and Foye spent forgettable campaigns in Washington and skipped town last summer, leaving the Wizards with nothing to show for that horrific 19-win campaign in 2008-09.

I asked Ernie Grunfeld if had any regrets about that deal late last season, when it appeared that the Wizards would likely lose both Miller and Foye in free agency -- and rookies who were available at that slot, such as Stephen Curry and Brandon Jennings, were blowing up with their respective teams. Grunfeld said, "Hindsight is 20-20. It's very easy to say, this is what we should've done. But at the time, we did what we did because it was the right thing to do."

I can only imagine what we'd be saying on this board if we

- traded the pick that could've landed Curry/Rubio/Jennings (i know i know..we passed on him. spilled milk...)

- for Mike Miller and Randy Foye

- then jettisoned them after 1 turrble season

People's heads (probably mine) may have exploded.

btw Grunfeld's reaction?

"When we made that move, we were in a completely different position, a completely different situation," Grunfeld said. "I think at that time, it was the absolutely right thing to do, to be a very competitive ball club. And everybody thought we were. We felt like we needed some veterans at certain positions to complement what we had. Certain things happened that were out of our hands that were unforeseen, as far as injuries and chemistry issues and of course, the incident in the locker room. Those are things we couldn't have planned for."

He then added, "Our plans have to change."

Rubio is another guy we should be targeting.