If the Warriors drafted Lamelo over Wiseman

[KG Living Legend]

 The Warriors have done a great job with their roster. They are 13 players deep Without Wiseman,  and it's far to early to call Wiseman a bust.

 If they took Lamelo Ball, could they be beaten over the next three years or so? Lamelo gets 15 mpg as the back up point and another 20 minutes at SG or SF.
 
That was a huge opportunity to get a blue chip player the #2 pick and even if they picked Lamelo to trade him they could have got a boatload for him. 

 I hope Wiseman hits his peak, but it will take a long time and Lamelo is a player from day one. So would the Warriors have another dynasty on their hands if Lamelo was a Warrior.

[KG Living Legend]

  How awesome would the Warriors be with Lamelo

[todd_days_41]

I might also point out.... what if the Dubs had indeed traded that pick for Smart (and other assets)? What team wants to come up against both Payton and Smart in situational defensive line-ups in the 4th quarter of a playoff game?

[KG Living Legend]

I might also point out.... what if the Dubs had indeed traded that pick for Smart (and other assets)? What team wants to come up against both Payton and Smart in situational defensive line-ups in the 4th quarter of a playoff game?

 
 The number two pick? That was a fake rumor.

[todd_days_41]

I might also point out.... what if the Dubs had indeed traded that pick for Smart (and other assets)? What team wants to come up against both Payton and Smart in situational defensive line-ups in the 4th quarter of a playoff game?

 
 The number two pick? That was a fake rumor.

Not true. The Cs and GSW talked at some length about the #2 pick for Smart, #14, and a couple of other assets going from Boston to GSW.

[Ed Monix]

The Warriors have done a great job with their roster. They are 13 players deep Without Wiseman,  and it's far to early to call Wiseman a bust.

 If they took Lamelo Ball, could they be beaten over the next three years or so? Lamelo gets 15 mpg as the back up point and another 20 minutes at SG or SF.
 
That was a huge opportunity to get a blue chip player the #2 pick and even if they picked Lamelo to trade him they could have got a boatload for him. 

 I hope Wiseman hits his peak, but it will take a long time and Lamelo is a player from day one. So would the Warriors have another dynasty on their hands if Lamelo was a Warrior.

If I remember correctly, LaMelo purposely tanked his draft stock so he wouldn’t be picked by Golden State.

Given his father’s reputation and LaMelo’s history of lazy defending and selfish on court tendencies, you can’t fault Golden State for not selecting LaMelo at the time.

But in saying all that, the GSW front office should definitely be faulted for picking James Wiseman.

Wiseman doesn’t suit their playing style and he’s such a raw talent that he needs YEARS of development that the Warriors could never provide.

What they should have done was trade down for Patrick Williams/Tyrese Haliburton or just traded out for an established star.

[Goldstar88]

I might also point out.... what if the Dubs had indeed traded that pick for Smart (and other assets)? What team wants to come up against both Payton and Smart in situational defensive line-ups in the 4th quarter of a playoff game?

 
 The number two pick? That was a fake rumor.

Not true. The Cs and GSW talked at some length about the #2 pick for Smart, #14, and a couple of other assets going from Boston to GSW.

There is no way that is true. Wiseman and Ball were blue chip prospects with immense upside. No way Smart and a #14 pick would get the #2 pick in any draft.

[Atzar]

I might also point out.... what if the Dubs had indeed traded that pick for Smart (and other assets)? What team wants to come up against both Payton and Smart in situational defensive line-ups in the 4th quarter of a playoff game?

 
 The number two pick? That was a fake rumor.

Not true. The Cs and GSW talked at some length about the #2 pick for Smart, #14, and a couple of other assets going from Boston to GSW.

There is no way that is true. Wiseman and Ball were blue chip prospects with immense upside. No way Smart and a #14 pick would get the #2 pick in any draft.

Nah, it was definitely a rumor.  I remember it floating around.

The rationale is that GS wanted to build another contender around Curry's last few dominant years and valued a win-now player like Smart over the projects available at the top of that draft (it's worth noting that the draft was considered weak on top-shelf NBA-ready talent, and even Ball was very much considered a long-term project at the time). 

There's no point in arguing about the legitimacy of the rumor.  Nobody actually knows what these GMs talk about, so nobody will have any proof either way.  But the rumor DID circulate for a while.  Obviously it didn't come to fruition.

[KG Living Legend]

I might also point out.... what if the Dubs had indeed traded that pick for Smart (and other assets)? What team wants to come up against both Payton and Smart in situational defensive line-ups in the 4th quarter of a playoff game?

 
 The number two pick? That was a fake rumor.

Not true. The Cs and GSW talked at some length about the #2 pick for Smart, #14, and a couple of other assets going from Boston to GSW.

 Anyone that believes Smart and a mid first for the #2 pick was real is Living in fantasy land. Nothing more than a click bait article to get tons of readers because it's so unbelievable.

 

[KG Living Legend]

I might also point out.... what if the Dubs had indeed traded that pick for Smart (and other assets)? What team wants to come up against both Payton and Smart in situational defensive line-ups in the 4th quarter of a playoff game?

 
 The number two pick? That was a fake rumor.

Not true. The Cs and GSW talked at some length about the #2 pick for Smart, #14, and a couple of other assets going from Boston to GSW.

There is no way that is true. Wiseman and Ball were blue chip prospects with immense upside. No way Smart and a #14 pick would get the #2 pick in any draft.

 Tp Goldstar88 for not being totally gullible.

[Moranis]

I honestly don't know how well LaMelo would have developed in Golden State as a 4th option this year and 3rd option as a rookie.  Also having to develop into a system instead of having the system develop around you.  Just a different animal.  He'd be fine, but I could see this exact thread in reverse had the Warriors taken Ball and the Hornets taken Wiseman and Wiseman ended up dominating because of opportunity.