07-15-2023, 05:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-15-2023, 05:34 PM by hakeemfaan.)
It is not about just Whitmore. To me it is the #10 pick which is a pretty high pick. You can’t take raw , at best projected defensive centers there hoping it pans out in a couple of years. Not when the league has moved on from that type of a player being a core piece. Core pieces are skill pieces. Lawson , Howard (if they had not traded down). already look more skilled.
OMax was a late riser who moved from mid 2nd round to where the Mavs picked him. If he pans out, yes it is a good draft but let’s see. Just saying that the Celts were ready to pick him is not a great argument bevcause then the same can be said about Whitmore and how quite a few teams were trying to get back into the late teens to pick him.
I am always a believer in talent first in the draft and address positions of need in free agency.
Also this poll is about our individual opinions and I am sharing mine. I would love f it turns out I am wrong because we are all diehard Mavs fans at the end of the day.
Edit. I meant Wallace who went at 10. Not Lawson.
OMax was a late riser who moved from mid 2nd round to where the Mavs picked him. If he pans out, yes it is a good draft but let’s see. Just saying that the Celts were ready to pick him is not a great argument bevcause then the same can be said about Whitmore and how quite a few teams were trying to get back into the late teens to pick him.
I am always a believer in talent first in the draft and address positions of need in free agency.
Also this poll is about our individual opinions and I am sharing mine. I would love f it turns out I am wrong because we are all diehard Mavs fans at the end of the day.
Edit. I meant Wallace who went at 10. Not Lawson.