well #1 we almost had the spurs pick, so apparently isiah does want back in the draft

#2 every team that has won the championship in the past 25 years has a core player acquired by the team in the draft.


# 3 I can give you dozens of examples of great players who were selected below 15 and well into the 2nd round including franchise players. Now with the European influx and HS kids, the drafts should remain rich in talent.

#4 I don't think this team is even close to a championship team, which in the nBA means you aren't winning anything next year either. It's a process and we are near the bottom despite outspending other teams 2-1 a HUGE competetive advantage. So the team has to scout the entire draft 1-75 because it's a necessary precursor to acquire talent.

well thats the whole gig. you are going to get something like a 1/3 split of CBB HSers and foreign players. thats why that malik rose trade looked good after they signed kT to an extension. i would much rather have malik and that pick and I hope that even though he signed that extension---that we can revisit that road. with so many unkowns taken--you can really clean up in the draft--guys like arenas boozer josh howard randolph et al being picked late and into the 2nd round is going to be a staple of the drafting ssytem. the draft has become like a futures draft in the stock market--you are betting ahead with more unkown rather than going by a more proven commodity. The draft is a very important piece of the puzle--hopefully each year you can find 1 guy who can atleast make the roster for the future. If you are successful in the draft late--finding Boozer's arenas's --maybe lampe's then you can keep a player pipeline. Im not in agreement with isiah on that issue. I believe if a talent is really worthy, he doesnt have to produce year 1-2 etc... i think we have done well with sweetney although i expected more from the start. i think that if we kept lampe and he basically sat on the bench for a year or two getting much stronger and learning the NBA game, you could possibly have a high lottery pick for pick 30. You just have to be patient with 1-2 slots out of your 15.

Just look at washington. Pretty soon they will have a very nice young core peak out with Hughes arenas Brown etan thomas dixon and then sprinkle in stackhouse another fA and a high draft pick and that team will only get better

if you look at that club next year-lets say they move thomas to the starting 5

Etan Thomas 6-9 255
Kwame Brown 6-11 245
Stackhouse 6-6 230
Hughes 6-5 200
Arenas 6-3 200
then you have the first round pick
Jefferies
Dixon
hayes
a nice free agent that team is going to gell next year IMHO if they stay clear of their injury woes. thats a team that will not only go to the playoffs every year once they get going, but they may have the inside outside talent--imagine if they get ok$ or one of those 7-3 lithuanian Cs--to compete for the whole migjig.