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[KillerLeft]

I mean when I look at that list, it doesn't look like a bad trade.  Have any of those draft picks turned out to be good?

If I pay $1K for a bag of skittles, should it matter that the guy who sold them to me wastes the money? Does that make it a prudent choice, somehow? This is a bad, hyperbolic way to make the point, I know, but you get what I'm saying. 

But honestly, my beef isn't with the overpay so much as the idea that Gobert was the right player to add to Minnesota in the first place. I was fairly high on him as a player at the time, but never would've paired him with KAT - not in 100 years. Then, when it didn't work, they doubled down for at least 2-3 seasons before they moved on from KAT, and as much as I don't love KAT, I think he's actually the superior piece in the modern era (though it's a debate worth having). It all just smacked to me of stubborn sunk cost thinking, as if they were (and still are) trying to prove the Gobert trade was the "right" move. At least Dallas put this "AD era" out of its misery fairly quickly. 

The reason I quoted df98's post, really, is that what I took to be his MAIN point is being glossed over here, somewhat: Conelly INHERITED Anthony Edwards, which is the one thing MIN has actually gotten right, and the one reason they're in position to be relevant right now in any way. I'll try to go into this with an open mind, but I'm sorry - it's going to be hard for me to get excited about Connelly. 

To me, hiring Connelly is about his name and nothing more. It might as well be Ujiri. No difference, to me, and in fact I might prefer Ujiri. There's a fine line between "expert with a track record" and "guy we've all heard of because he's been a GM before." There are a few established guys I'd love to get (don't think any of them are actually plausible in any way, and it's pretty pointless to discuss them), but in lieu of one of those, the hungry up-and-comer is probably the best choice to my way of thinking. I would prefer Lindsey or an equivalent "about to breakout" guy to a failed retread. 

Maybe I'm wrong to paint Connelly with that "failed retread" brush, but I feel like I know enough to understand his vision for the team is fairly likely not to be one that excites me, personally. Like I said, I'll try to go into it with an open mind, but I was really hoping they'd hire someone I'd be excited about from day 1.