Random Mavs Free Agency Rumors (Everyone Is Probably NOPE)

[bobatundi]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Listing a bunch of draft picks is trash, particularly without ANY context. Is a team a bad drafting team if it drafts a bust at 58 in an awful draft? A team shouldn't be judged only on a list of picks. We traded away a LOT of picks and they certainly deserve flack for that but making a list like that is awful. Compare their record at where they were drafting and you get at least an average drafting team.

Let's be clear--I'm not "making a list" here. The Mavericks made that list.

The simple fact is, they have not drafted NBA-caliber players even when they had first round picks, and they've too often traded down or out of their picks. That tells me they don't know how to draft.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by bobatundi

Let's be clear--I'm not "making a list" here. The Mavericks made that list.

The simple fact is, they have not drafted NBA-caliber players even when they had first round picks, and they've too often traded down or out of their picks. That tells me they don't know how to draft.

I think historical perspective backed by facts would prove you wrong.

Have we gotten very little from the draft? Certainly, but that's because we had bad draft position and traded away too many picks. When we keep picks, we're basically in line with the historical norm for all Thirty teams.

http://www.82games.com/nbadraftpicks.htm