First of all, draft is a lucky crap shot. You have to be at least little lucky to draft an all star or even a borderline one. Secondly, I think that Danny is't all that good in drafting players as he is in all other stuff like trading and mixing players. In his tenure here he didn't have any high picks except Smart. He usually gets mid round picks which are low risk high reward (no GM is going to get fired because he didn't pick an all star in twenties or in the second round).
And yes, Melo was a bust from the beginning and DA should have know that. He's a low IQ guy, he couldn't figure it out in the NBA.
i did not want ainge to draft melo, but i dont blame him for trying. melo has physical abilities and is seven foot tall. yes, we all knew he was about as sharp as a sack full of wet mice, but, at #21 i can see ainge thinking "all melo needs is to listen and then do what we say on the court."
that is, a lot of nba players are stupid, but they can learn specific roles. melo's role would have been to play defense, defend the rim, and come off the bench. not a bad ceiling for the 21st pick.
worst of all was melo's lack of motivation. he did not care about learning and improving. he simply was the anti-kg and anti-smart.
i dont give ainge grief over melo. i remember how so many posters here screamed and wailed and gnashed their molars when pj III was not chosen instead of melo.
