09-13-2020, 06:15 AM
(09-13-2020, 03:20 AM)omahen Wrote:More likely overvaluing the Mavs ability to draft. Factoring in contract size, age and such, it´s not crazy to think a good front office could actually do better at #18 and #31. White was a #29 pick himself and Young is pretty up there in age.(09-12-2020, 09:34 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I do feel like the Mavs could do more with their 2 picks this year than just White and Young though...
You are way overvaluing the value of the picks we have.
From 2008 to 2018, here are the picks #17-19 and #30-32. Obviously there were much better players available later than #32, too.
2008: Hibbert, McGee, Hickson and Giddens, Pekovic , Sharpe and Chalmzers, DA Jordan, Asik
2009: J. Holiday, Lawson, Teague and Eyenga, Pendergraph, Taylor and Beverley, Danny Green, DeColo
2010: Seraphin, Bledsoe, Bradley and Orton, Hayward, Pleiß and Whiteside, Bjelica, Stephenson,
2011: Shumpert, Singleton, Tobias Harris and Jimmy Butler, Bojan Bogdanovic, Harper and Parsons, Bertans, Thomas
2012: T. Zeller, Terrence Jones, Nicholson and Ezeli, Taylor, Satoransky and Draymond, Crowder, Middleton, Barton
2013: Schroeder, Larkin, Karasev and Goodwin, Nedovic, Crabbe and S. Curry, Muscala, Covington
2014: James Young, Tyler Ennis, Gary Harris and Huestis, Kyle Anderson, Inglis and Joe Harris, Dinwiddie, Jokic
2015: Vaugn, Dekker, Jerian Grant and Looney, Osman, Harrell and Holmes, Richardson, Connaughton
2016: Baldwin, Elleson, Malik Beasley and Zubac, Jones, Davis and Brogdon, DFS, FVV
2017: Wilson, Leaf, John Collins and Josh Hart, Frank Jackson, Reed and D. Brooks, Bryant, Iwundu
2018: DiVincenzo, L. Walker, Huerter and Spellman, Okobo, Jevon Carter and Mitchell Robinson, Trent Jr., Kurucs,
So I´d say it´s actually not that far-fetched to say you can do better than White/Young, especially the upside is so much higher and affordable. Only 2012 was a complete bust in the #18 range, but then look at the players that went 34-40.