Instead Danny drafts the mental case Kelly Olynyk. How is that working out? Danny used to draft well. He and Rondo both need to go.
How exactly would this have made us significantly better off?
Antetokounmpo (per 36 minutes) is averaging 15.8 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists, 1 steal and 0.7 blocks while shooting 48% from the field and 15% from three, 73% from the line
Schroeder is averaging (per 36) 18 points, 6 assists, 3.6 rebounds, 2.7 steals while shooting 53% from the field, 22% from three and 83% from the line.
Kelly Olynyk is averaging (per 36) 15 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.7 blocks while shooting 50% from the field, 43% from three and 77% from the line.
Honestly, I would say that all three of those guys have been pretty comparable statistically so far this season, though KO is the only guy of that trio that can actually hit an outside jumper with anything even slightly resembling consistency.
Plus as much as Schroeder's per 36 stats might look impressive, it's hardly a large enough sample size to be taken seriously - the guy has only played an average of 13 minutes per game over 14 games. His stats last year (in a larger sample size) were not even close to those numbers, so we're still yet to see if he can actually keep that up or if it's pure fluke.
KO has put up pretty consistent numbers both this season and last season, so there's a larger sample size to be able to conclude that there is some legit skill / talent there.
I guess this really is just another case of "grass is greener on the other side", which a pretty typical mind frame on this forum. Wouldn't surprise me if the Hawks fans are sitting around wishing they took Olynyk, and I'm pretty sure the Mav's are probably wishing they never traded that pick as well...he probably would have been a nice big off the bench for them.
At the end of the day people love to bag Danny Ainge, but in aside from the Fab Melo experiment (which always was a conscious gamble) he's made very few draft decisions that were anything less than excellent. KO and Sully are both looking like top 5 players from their respective drafts right now, and Danny managed to get both guys armed with only picks in the 20's. I think that's pretty impressive. He's done very nicely with James Young too I think - looks like a lot of potential there.