01-25-2021, 10:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-25-2021, 10:49 AM by SleepingHero.)
(01-25-2021, 10:38 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: I think as the pick was approaching, they decided to pick either Bane or Terry, whichever was there. There has to be a reason Memphis traded into the pick right before them, so it's not crazy to imagine they had reason to believe the Mavs would draft him.
In hindsight, maybe they should've been singularly focused on Bane there and taken measures to prevent Memphis from getting him.
There's a good argument that Terry shouldn't have been drafted at all just based on his first 10 games. Not saying the Terry we see today will be anything like the Terry in 2 years, but I haven't been impressed with him at all and am walking away with the impression that he can't make it and will be out of the league soon.
So I really hope the Mavs weren't mulling over who to choose between Bane and Terry, given how they are each producing at this level. In my mind I think Donnie/MBT mocked Terry to go somewhere in the 20's before the 2nd round and didn't really do an in-depth scouting on him because they felt he'd be gone anyways by the time they picked and you can only focus on so many prospects. Because of that they focused solely on Bane and locked in on him. Then Memphis comes in and ruins the plan, which causes the Mavs to look hard at what's left on the board. They probably didn't like much of what was left in the pool and didn't want to reach at 31, so they picked the 1 guy that fell in their own mocks because they thought he was a 1st round talent and that alone justified the pick. Plus taking into account that Donnie had a Curry trade in the pipeline, taking a supposed sharpshooter from a high class school also fit in line with the plans.
Of course this is all conjecture and just my own read of the situation. None of this can be true and perhaps the Mavs truly liked Green/Terry the most from their class and those were their guys from the get-go. Just from what Donnie said on draft night and seeing how the Mavs are approaching drafts the last 2 years this scenario makes the most sense to me.
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