To be fair, he was always upfront about what he cares:
and it was one pick after we traded the Furphy pick. also dealt away #33 pick in 2023 only to take Cissoko who wasn't 2-way ineligible later in the round
Resounding success for Tre sounds like a stretch, yes he was better than you'd expect out of a player drafted at his position, but also you can get players like that in free agency or by trading a pick like the one used on him, so I'd reserve that tag for players you need real assets to get. I haven't taken the time to do this research, but I'd say this side of Manu Spurs may be among the worst 2nd round drafting teams in the league by quite a bit.
i mean of course there are Jokic/Manu ridiculous 2nd round outcomes, but nah, a SRP becoming an actual rotation player by year 2, signing a second contract with the team, and starting in nearly half of his games here, thats a very successful outcome for a SRP. most of them hang around for 1-2 years then vanish. Wieskamp, Cissoko, Ingram, Quindarry, Metu, Blossomgame, Lalanne, etc
rascal has been on point on the draft for years. He wanted Castle badly back when Topic and Cody Williams were looking like top 3 picks in late 2023 for example.
That's only one way of using that pick, the others would be trading it for a vet or just roll it over. If you think trading a similar pick for a player who'd give you similar production for a few years is a resounding success, then yes you can say that. I think that's a bit of a stretch, and you're going to see a few 2nd rounders better (or more valuable) than Tre in just about every class. And I don't mean Jokic, Manu, Brunson, Middleton, Draymond Green, etc. Plenty of role players on championship teams were 2nd rounders or undrafted, all way better than Tre, just look at OKC's roster... If Tre is a resounding success, you'll run out of words to describe those.
Yeah, he was in way earlier than I was, most of us came around after the NCAA tournament and the combine where he measured like a wing, up to that point I probably would have gone Risacher or Buzelis at 4 (whoever was available) and lots of people wanted Sheppard there.
anyone pushing for cody williams with the 3rd pick clearly wasn't watching him play.
Sheppard's defense was always overrated, he's smart with good hands and gambles a lot, so he'll rack up counting stats, but got cooked routinely in college as well, also had trouble creating space and getting his shot off, and I got dumped on for doubting how he'd translate and saying that it looked like he was optimizing for counting stats.
This year there's a big opportunity ahead for Barlow in Philly given their roster construction and health issues, hope he capitalizes on it.
Nah man this the Dybantsa train
You know what will really happen is we'll luck into the #1 pick and Peterson will separate himself as the clearcut #1 and we'll "have" to take him... because point guards.
I like the way you think man
I noticed that. I really like that kid. I hope he carves out a career as a pro.
