(10-03-2022, 05:39 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: My recollection (and again, I’m nearly positive someone will produce a quote that says they said Dallas should have drafted Bane at 18) is that the overwhelming majority here wanted Bey. Even in the first season most of the hand wringing was about missing Bey. We did have a few mentions of Green here, but not many. The Dallas connections produced some arguing for Maxey and even Hampton. I made some positive comments about Stewart and was shocked he went 16th.
Bane was thought to be an early second or at best an end of first round guy. 18 was thought to be too early even though many people liked him. I say all of this just to make sure we (collectively) are not moving the goal posts. I think it is valid to say “I wanted Bey over Green” if that is what one said back then. I’m not sure “the Mav’s suck because they missed Bane” is valid unless one actually said it back then. I just don’t remember anyone doing that.
To repeat, none of this is intended to be a knock on Chicago. I love his fantastic takes on the draft. In fact, it is his bonafides as a draft guru that finally allowed me to say something I’ve been thinking for a while. He’s really good about owning his hits and misses and more than anything seems to enjoy sharing good content with the board.
That may be true here. I was pointing out that it was a different mindset on another board. I was crushed when they didn't draft Bane or Bey at 18, and crushed when Memphis stole him from us at end of first (I think the suggestion that they were going to pick Terry anyways was FO speak, but who know what they were doing that year).
That being said, I had no idea Bane would be this good. I thought he had a really good shot of being a quality bench guard who could space the floor and be a secondary playmaker. I saw him as a high floor, low ceiling guy. No idea he could ever turn into this, and especially this quickly.
I thought Green was a low floor, low ceiling guy. He had high bust potential, and there was nothing to suggest he could be a high level creator for himself or others. If in the same draft, I would have had Hardy ahead of him for the high ceiling. I have warmed up to him since, and I think he has a chance to be an MLE level player, which would make him a significant hit at 18.