I've come around on Noah. Can't hate on him anymore.
He's too tough, plays too hard and rises to the occasion. Mr. Tenacity. Nate and Butler are great to pull for too.
If we picked Noah in 2007 to go with Al Jeff & Perk, and took Rudy Gay the year prior, our squad would be interesting.
Noah / Perk
Al Jeff / Sully? / Baby? (draft position would have changed)
Gay / Gerald (ouch)
TA / PP? (likely traded if we went this route)
Rondo / Avery? (draft position certainly would have changed)
Not a bad core. I'm good with the way we went, but right about now, it would be interesting to have Rondo, PP, Rudy, Al & Noah as a starting 5. More likely, you'd have traded PP for some other player & pick, but still.