Passing on Kalkbrenner a Mistake

[Goldstar88]

The question to me, is why did they draft Schierman, who is very limited athletically and playing a position that requires a lot of athletic ability.  I love his passing but he is a streaky shooter and a lot of the rest of his game leaves a lot to be desired.

Baylor doesn't do well in this redraft of 2024 one year later.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25187673-re-drafting-zach-edey-stephon-castle-and-2024-nba-rookie-class

I think the Idea was for him to be a possible replacement for Hauser down the road or to make Hauser expendable in a trade. Looks like another swing and miss for Brad, though.

[keevsnick]

The question to me, is why did they draft Schierman, who is very limited athletically and playing a position that requires a lot of athletic ability.  I love his passing but he is a streaky shooter and a lot of the rest of his game leaves a lot to be desired.

Baylor doesn't do well in this redraft of 2024 one year later.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25187673-re-drafting-zach-edey-stephon-castle-and-2024-nba-rookie-class

I think the Idea was for him to be a possible replacement for Hauser down the road or to make Hauser expendable in a trade. Looks like another swing and miss for Brad, though.

I didn't mind the Scheierman pick, still don't. he has decent size, can pass the ball pretty well. He just needs to hit his shots. the fact that he's already 25 does worry you a bit, but #30 picks very rarely work out anyway.

[Neurotic Guy]

I think deciding between two (or more) college players with late first round or second round selections is a really difficult thing to do.  People here say who they would have picked (especially when their favored person turns out to be better than the selected one), but I have my doubts that any of us would have made the good selection if it were actually our choice.  That is to day, we may have - but we also may have been presented with other ideas and had other influences, and may have second guessed our initial instinct.  Sometimes it's no more than a crap shoot. You hope you are selecting the right guy, but often in the late first and second you have to be pretty lucky that you are selecting the right guy.  Obviously some GMs have proven better than others - but there is no GM with a perfect draft record and my guess is most who've done it for a while are wrong more often than they are correct. Sometimes you look like a genius when you really aren't... If BB had any idea what he was getting with Brady he would not have waited till the 6th round.

[Goldstar88]

I think deciding between two (or more) college players with late first round or second round selections is a really difficult thing to do.  People here say who they would have picked (especially when their favored person turns out to be better than the selected one), but I have my doubts that any of us would have made the good selection if it were actually our choice.  That is to day, we may have - but we also may have been presented with other ideas and had other influences, and may have second guessed our initial instinct.  Sometimes it's no more than a crap shoot. You hope you are selecting the right guy, but often in the late first and second you have to be pretty lucky that you are selecting the right guy.  Obviously some GMs have proven better than others - but there is no GM with a perfect draft record and my guess is most who've done it for a while are wrong more often than they are correct. Sometimes you look like a genius when you really aren't... If BB had any idea what he was getting with Brady he would not have waited till the 6th round.

Not to get off topic, but.. Bobby Grier drafted Tom Brady. He was the GM at the time, not Bill. Pioli was in charge of player personnel.

[radiohead]

The question to me, is why did they draft Schierman, who is very limited athletically and playing a position that requires a lot of athletic ability.  I love his passing but he is a streaky shooter and a lot of the rest of his game leaves a lot to be desired.

Baylor doesn't do well in this redraft of 2024 one year later.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25187673-re-drafting-zach-edey-stephon-castle-and-2024-nba-rookie-class

I think the Idea was for him to be a possible replacement for Hauser down the road or to make Hauser expendable in a trade. Looks like another swing and miss for Brad, though.

They were also in the middle of their ?Championship window?. Brad probably was looking at guys who could be ready to step in and contribute if needed. Baylor did look NBA ready with his size and skillset. Too bad he hasn?t panned out yet.

[No Nickname]

Kalkbrenner is ranked #5 on ESPN's Rookie Ladder right now.

Maybe Hugo becomes a really valuable contributor one day, but I still wish Brad had drafted for one of our biggest weaknesses.

Imagine developing Big Kalk right now behind Queta.  Heck, he might even be starting over Queta by now.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46944628/2025-26-nba-rookie-rankings-flagg-edgecombe-harper-rookie-year

[Goldstar88]

Kalkbrenner is ranked #5 on ESPN's Rookie Ladder right now.

Maybe Hugo becomes a really valuable contributor one day, but I still wish Brad had drafted for one of our biggest weaknesses.

Imagine developing Big Kalk right now behind Queta.  Heck, he might even be starting over Queta by now.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46944628/2025-26-nba-rookie-rankings-flagg-edgecombe-harper-rookie-year

Would have been nice to have some depth at C, that?s for sure. The draft was before the KP trade and Kornet signing with the Spurs, however, I?d imagine Brad knew that KP and Kornet were not going to be on the team this year.

[Roy H.]

Kalkbrenner is ranked #5 on ESPN's Rookie Ladder right now.

Maybe Hugo becomes a really valuable contributor one day, but I still wish Brad had drafted for one of our biggest weaknesses.

Imagine developing Big Kalk right now behind Queta.  Heck, he might even be starting over Queta by now.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46944628/2025-26-nba-rookie-rankings-flagg-edgecombe-harper-rookie-year

I'm fine with the Hugo pick, but he should have taken a center at #32.

[Neurotic Guy]

Always will be players you wish you had taken and didn?t.  This gets talked about way too much here imo. Cs have had some unbelievable good fortune in the draft - both Jays for instance. Could have had Fultz, could have had Chriss, Dunn, Bender?. I realize this is a *bad drafter Stevens* dig, but man he?s done some good things overall. There was a championship not long ago?

All that said, the Bane one bothers me a little because we actually drafted him.