12-13-2020, 11:40 AM
(12-13-2020, 10:58 AM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: I will never understand takes like this. We had the same thing after Brunson was drafted and Robinson was taken a few picks later.
Brunson was a great 2nd round pick. Instead of focusing on the one guy that might have a better career we could also talk about nearly 20 1st round picks that are clearly worse.
We all have our personal favorites. I would have prefered SBey over Green. Maybe Bey will have the better career but as long as Green develops into a solid role player the Mavs still made the right pick. No team can make the perfect pick all every single time.
The Mavs don't exactly have a history of evaluating talent well at the lower end of the first round. Its why they treated the draft as an after thought for so many years and the they never seem to have young tradeable assets that the rest to league desires.
If they routinely miss their evaluations something needs to change. Whether that's the scouting department or Donnie changing his philosophy. The Mavs have become slightly better over the years as they have now occasionally draft useful NBA players and not total busts (Shane Foster, Jared Cunningham, Nick Fezekaz, Moe Ager, ect)
Brunson is good role player for tbe Mavs but a case can be made that they missed that evaluation as well. If the Mavs were looking to draft an PG, Devonte Graham would have been the better option. Robinson from a pure talent perspective would have been better as well.