knicks1248 wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

Uptown wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Another dimwit

My thoughts exactly. Never though I'd say this but maybe Phil Jackson was the one actually making our draft picks. There is definitely a different feel to what we're doing this year and I do not mean in a good way.

It was the 36th pick in the draft. The second round is all a crap shoot as most of these players wont be in the league in 3 years....Did you want the Knicks to make a safe pick at 36?

When it comes to the draft, I always ask myself "if a player isn't taken at a certain spot, how far would he fall?". When I look at a guy like Mitchell, I can't help but get the feeling that the answer would be "somewhere in the 50s or goes undrafted". With the game getting smaller and the glut of pivots in the league, I can't see this guy offering much value even if he achieves his best case scenario (big off the bench). So why bother even drafting him at all?

I get the feeling he's nothing more than yet another Jeremy Tyler.

The front office we have

The pick completes the Carmelo Anthony trade as they obtained the second-round pick in the trade. The Knicks met with Robinson but never worked him out.

ridiculous

He sprained his ankle so was unable to do proper workouts for teams.

smackeddog wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

Uptown wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Another dimwit

My thoughts exactly. Never though I'd say this but maybe Phil Jackson was the one actually making our draft picks. There is definitely a different feel to what we're doing this year and I do not mean in a good way.

It was the 36th pick in the draft. The second round is all a crap shoot as most of these players wont be in the league in 3 years....Did you want the Knicks to make a safe pick at 36?

When it comes to the draft, I always ask myself "if a player isn't taken at a certain spot, how far would he fall?". When I look at a guy like Mitchell, I can't help but get the feeling that the answer would be "somewhere in the 50s or goes undrafted". With the game getting smaller and the glut of pivots in the league, I can't see this guy offering much value even if he achieves his best case scenario (big off the bench). So why bother even drafting him at all?

I get the feeling he's nothing more than yet another Jeremy Tyler.

The front office we have

The pick completes the Carmelo Anthony trade as they obtained the second-round pick in the trade. The Knicks met with Robinson but never worked him out.

ridiculous

He sprained his ankle so was unable to do proper workouts for teams.

Cartman718 wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Another dimwit

This is a dimwit post. Coming out of high school he was a top ten talent. Most guys taken in the second round don't have a career in the NBA. Who had so much more talent at 36?

The term dimwit refers to the players IQ, not his talent level. He wasn't even smart enough to go to college.

so you mean before high school eligibility went away, we shouldn't have drafted anyone out of high school. do we need to post how many superstars we'd have missed out on..?

Unless you have a body of work to look at you are playing odds like buying a powerball ticket. I sure you can tell me about lots of people who have won the Powerball as well, but it still doesn't make rational sense to buy the ticket.

Cartman718 wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Another dimwit

This is a dimwit post. Coming out of high school he was a top ten talent. Most guys taken in the second round don't have a career in the NBA. Who had so much more talent at 36?

The term dimwit refers to the players IQ, not his talent level. He wasn't even smart enough to go to college.

so you mean before high school eligibility went away, we shouldn't have drafted anyone out of high school. do we need to post how many superstars we'd have missed out on..?

No sir he got into college, when the ppl that got him into the college were fired he wanted to transfer but found out he would have to sit a year, so he opted to simply train for the draft. So that's what he did.

dacash wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Another dimwit

This is a dimwit post. Coming out of high school he was a top ten talent. Most guys taken in the second round don't have a career in the NBA. Who had so much more talent at 36?

The term dimwit refers to the players IQ, not his talent level. He wasn't even smart enough to go to college.

so you mean before high school eligibility went away, we shouldn't have drafted anyone out of high school. do we need to post how many superstars we'd have missed out on..?

No sir he got into college, when the ppl that got him into the college were fired he wanted to transfer but found out he would have to sit a year, so he opted to simply train for the draft. So that's what he did.

Nalod wrote:We draft potential. No hard to figure.

Potential determined by what process? I think someone already posted he didn't work out for us and didn't play in college. He didn't even participate in the combine.

CrushAlot wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:

Nalod wrote:We draft potential. No hard to figure.

Potential determined by what process? I think someone already posted he didn't work out for us and didn't play in college. He didn't even participate in the combine.

They also posted the reasons why. You have to read through the thread or research the pick to know these things.

I did read through it, and I still think it's a low percentage move.

smackeddog wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Leaving college and potentially screwing up your own career because your godfather resigned is not very smart. He made a commitment to the college and it wasn't conditional on continued employment for his godfather. He went back on his commitment, bad judgment.

How dare an 18 year old make a mistake! Unforgivable!

Did I say it was unforgivable? All I said was, I think he isn't very smart. And I'll hold that view till he shows me otherwise.

smackeddog wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Leaving college and potentially screwing up your own career because your godfather resigned is not very smart. He made a commitment to the college and it wasn't conditional on continued employment for his godfather. He went back on his commitment, bad judgment.

How dare an 18 year old make a mistake! Unforgivable!

Did I say it was unforgivable? All I said was, I think he isn't very smart. And I'll hold that view till he shows me otherwise.

You have no idea why he chose to do what he did. I took a break for a year from college- it’s just something I had to do for my own well-being, didn’t make me a dimwit, and him choosing not to go doesn’t make him a dimwit. Sometimes we make decisions based on things other than logic, they have consequences but I do think they ultimately tend to be for the best.

You are right I have no idea why he did it. But I based my comment on what the article said about why he did it. We can sit here and argue if the article is right or wrong, but I don't think I care anymore. Peace.