Trading #10 for #15 and #20 seems a perfectly reasonable trade to me. The Kings again just failed to pick the right players with Justin Jackson and Harry Giles. Players like John Collins and OG Anunoby were also available to them.
Right, but I think the word failed is unfair. Picks that late are really hard to get right. Like I said in my opening sentence: "Terrible management is relative." If you blow the first pick, that's absolutely unforgivable... if you blow the 15th or 20th pick.. meh. Let's not group the Kings' recent moves with other "Terrible" franchises like the Magic* and Sixers, who have completely **** the bed.
*I read a reddit post: If the Magic stopped making trades on June 25th, 2014 their roster could today consist of: Tobias Harris, Victor Oladipo, Nikola Vucevic, Aaron Gordon, Domantas Sabonis, Dario Saric, Moe Harkless and Landry Shamet.
June 26, 2014
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/a4kqzy/if_the_orlando_magic_stopped_making_trades_on/
wow what a squad that would be. probably not a canidate to beat GS but a fun team to watch and well balanced too. Can we agree that them trading Oladipo and Sabonis for Ibaka is one of the worst trades of the modern era? One of the funnest to say because of the sounds of the names, but definitely lopsided.
Definitely Tatum & a first rounder for Fultz. At least Ibaka can play basketball.
The 76ers never would have had Tatum. Ainge knew that the 76ers were after Fultz (they made it known they were after a PG), that's so genius. Even if Colangelo had a feeling that Ainge would take Tatum as his 1st pick he needed to make the trade to ensure that the Lakers wouldn't take Fultz at #2, who had let known that Fultz made an impression on them.
So if the trade hadn't gone through the 76ers would have been left with Ball or perhaps Jackson (Fultz, Ball, Tatum and Jackson were considered as the 4 best prospects), who were seen as far less good fits for Simmons and Embiid, because of their ball dominance and probable shooting problems (funny I know
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If the 76ers insisted on drafting a guard there were other options like Fox, Smith or Ntilikina, but neither of these players stood out as complementary to Simmons. The 76ers really wanted an allround PG, who could shoot, defend and pass. Everybody thought that Fultz filled the bill.