Despite the outcome, I have defended and will continue to defend the James Young pick. Young was a high upside guy - top 10 recruit coming out of high school, arguably Kentucky's most consistent player on a team that played in the title game. There were reasons for optimism. Hood has turned out better, but we didn't know that was going to be the case at the time the pick was made. That's the risk of upside picks - sometimes you miss. It's easy to judge draft picks when you have the benefit of hindsight.
Also, how is it "missing out on Nance" when he was selected before our pick? Was Danny supposed to hold the Lakers at gunpoint and make them pick somebody else? Or was he supposed to trade extra assets to move up and select a guy who is just decent?