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What did Danny Ainge REALLY offer on Draft Night?
« on: June 30, 2015, 11:41:39 PM »

Offline gpap

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Anyone know?

Because if it wasn't either Smart and/or the Brooklyn picks, then it's no wonder no one wanted to trade with him

If you're in the top 10, why would you trade your pick for a series of crappy ones.

I also think Ainge lost a lot of credibility with other general managers by saying "teams will regret not taking my offers. I offered too much."

I edited the original post because I am not quite sure which picks Ainge offered exactly but if he really wanted Winslow, he should've given up Smart and/or the Nets picks (not that I necessarily would've supported this because the jury is still out on Winslow.)
« Last Edit: June 30, 2015, 11:56:13 PM by gpap »

Re: This is year's draft was a debacle and Ainge embarrassed himself!
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2015, 11:44:12 PM »

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You are wrong about this.  Kaminsky isn't worth 4 firsts and two seconds (I like Kaminsky quite a bit, by the way).

And the more I look at it, Danny took 3 steals and a good flier on Thornton.  He did a great job.

We are not good enough as a team to draft for need (I personally think you should almost never draft for need regardless).  We took the best players available.

Also, trading Smart is crazy.  Explain this to me.  Wasn't last years draft one of the better ones in a while?  Smart, so far, has to be the 3rd or 4th best player from that draft.  So we trade him a year later for a later pick than the one we selected him with?  How does that make any sense?  How is that value?  Clearly, if that's the asking price, the value is out of whack and we shouldn't be trying to even make these types of trades.

Ainge was right on.  Teams fall in love with their picks, not realizing how unimportant most of the draft is.  The decision was easy for Jordan to make, he's just a terrible GM.
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