I don't think I fell ass backwards into anything. I think people undervalued the draft picks from this year. We all knew this was going to be a deep draft and I didn't think the picks that I traded were worth as much as the picks that I received in this draft. It is pretty obvious that I'm not looking for the near future, so Yall Hate and I both came out pretty good in that trade.
Sorry Blake but "ass backwards" was the perfect choice of words, and rather than the league undervaluing picks in the '08 draft, evidence points to you undervaluing your mid to late round '07 picks.
For example, if you'd stuck with youth/building for the future, you (or Edgar, sorry Edgar!) could have taken Travis Outlaw (6th), Rodney Stuckey (8th) and Spencer Hawes(9th) or Marvin Williams (6th), Andray Blatche (8th)and Nate Robinson (9th) or Brandan Wright (6th), Thaddeus Young (8th) and J.R. Smith (9th).
Would you think twice about any one of those package offers for Augustin in the here and now?
Which, isn't to say you haven't done a respectable job otherwise, Durant, Rose, Ford, Iguodala, Green, Augstin is an exciting core and a lot more raw talent than my one through six.
I never drafted Haywood or Balkman.
There must've been subsequent trades, that I didn't parse, but those where the players taken with Blake's picks. If you have the time I'd love to know how it shook out.