If it makes you happy I got them BOTH to say they were wrong.
I gave the producer/phone guy the time and date that I was on the air last year before the draft. The producer prob did not check out to make sure, but when I came on they announced me as BLANK from Wrentham and that I was calling back almost a year later about them being wrong about the draft.
Basically, like many here know, I was high on Myles Turner. But my position with them was that the end of the 2015 lottery would be great quality.....there's no arguing that now, even for them.
They didn't even know who Trey Lyles or Myles Turner were when I called them last year......that in itself is very very poor.
TP because I hate those two.
There needs to be some kind of name for the phenomenon of "All picks at the same number have an equal chance to be good fallacy." So people will be like "well, how often has the number #1 pick overall been good? Sure you can get LeBron with the top pick, but you could also get Anthony Bennett. Therefore, there is a 50% chance that your #1 pick will be good."
For example, pretty much everyone on this board thought that the 8-14 range in last year's draft would be stronger than other years' 8-14 picks going in and I am pretty sure we were correct about that. Or when they count out the last ten years of history at the 3rd pick's spot and then act like drafting 3rd or 4th in 2003 should be weighted equally to the 2013 draft ten years later. So they'll be like only 3 of the last 20 #4 picks were All-Stars, so there's a really bad chance you will draft one there (I didn't actually bother to verify those numbers, but it's just an example of something I see a lot).
Some drafts are deeper or stronger at certain points than others and you usually have a pretty good idea going in. Everyone knew last year's draft would be good and everyone feels strongly that this year's draft will have two good players in the beginning, then a drop in quality. However, I believe that Murray will be really good, Bender will eventually be good and one of the 11-18 guys will eventually be really good too (probably Luwawu and/or Maker).
So this year we get:
The #1 pick I'm ecstatic (9/10)
The #2 pick I'm almost as ecstatic (8.7/10)
The #3 pick I hope we get Murray because his combine was excellent (8/10)
The #4 pick I hope we trade it for Butler or someone, but am happy with Bender if we can't get any good FAs (7/10)
The #5 or 6 picks I hope we trade them (or get Murray or Bender if they fall) (4.5/10)
In 2014, I was thinking if we got:
The #1 pick I would have been floored (10/10 even if that is a little over zealous now)
The #2 pick I'd be equally ecstatic to getting the #2 pick this year (8.7/10 - really wanted Wiggins)
The #3 pick I'd be equally ecstatic to the #2 pick either year (8.7/10 Embiid looked real nice)
The #4 pick I'd want to draft Exum and be very happy about it (8/10)
The #5 pick I would have been disappointed and wanted Smart (6/10)
The #6 pick I was super let down when we got it (3/10)
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