2012 Draft: To Pick or Not to Pick, That is the Question

Let’s make some major moves to shake up this roster. Watching Rush and to a lesser degree Nate and McGuire play makes me appreciate guys who play like veterans. I am tired of having a young team that panics at the end of games or when they have a wide open layup for that matter.
I say trade one or two pieces from our core for veterans and draft picks (if possible) still shoot for winning now and hoping for the best. Noah for Monta, Udoh and Curry and Rondo, trades like that. Indiana drafted well and made smart trades and might be a good model for us to follow since they cannot seem to sign big names either.
Tanking makes sense in some respects, but we have had very little luck in the draft even when we did have a high pick. If we cannot get big names to sign here, and we cannot draft well (for every Curry, I would say we’ve had three or four Diogus), maybe trades like the one we did with Rush and Lou can help us get some wins. I know people are pretty high on this year’s draft but next year is supposed to be a good one as well.
Finally, here’s an unrelated question: Why don’t coaches have players utilize all six fouls more often? If I was a team that struggled defensively and had a decent bench (like Dubs) then I would use all the fouls my bigs have to give, especially in crunch time. Tyler, Udoh, Beidrins, Lee – 24 fouls that in planning to play against the OKC type teams I would take advantage of.

We clearly aren’t making the playoffs with this roster. Finishing 9th-12th in the West isn’t gonna do anything. Then we’re stuck with the same team, no new draft picks and no one who wants to sign with us.

I don’t see any big trades happening, we can’t get an impact player with the pieces we have to trade.

Personally, I wanted the dubs to push for the playoffs even if we fall short and lose our pick on top of it. Because if we do finish in the bottom 7, we will still end up in the same situation next year and still unable to make any significant trades due to not being able to include a 1st round pick. Just put an end to it and give up the pick.

On the other hand, this draft looks pretty nice and although it seems to be the year for forwards, Drummond looks like a beast and if we do end up in the bottom 7, I would try to trade Monta + pick for a chance to get him. I’m not saying that Monta + pick would get us the 1st or 2nd pick but that’s what I would try if I were the W’s FO and end up getting a pick in this draft

This means that we can’t trade any 1st round picks due to NBA rules until this matter is taken care of.

FALSE. We can trade our 2017 first rounder ;)

/and then re-traded for the draft pick/conditions back? Is this legal? If so, I would call up Utah (especially if we lose several games and are hovering in the 5-7 pick range) and see what they want for the pick/conditions. Utah looks like a team that is borderline playoffs….they also could use a scorer/shooting guard….hmmmmmmmmm

Put him next to any PF or C with legit size and see how good he does. I just can’t imagine him being nearly effective as he is in college. I would love to see a pic of him standing next to Dwight.

Topick.

Wow, and you guys call yourself real fans? I guess you guys haven’t learned that GSW are one of the worst drafting franchise over the years. How many quality players have we passed by even though we had a higher draft slot? Two of the top blunders of all time, passing on Kobe Bryant for Todd Fuller? Or how about Joe Smith #1 over Kevin Garnett? Our scouting department is pathetic and our management over the year have been just as incompetent. But tanking the season would guarantee us diddly squat. I can promise you that.
No legit superstar are going to want to come to Oakland. Everyone wants a quick fix or a big trade, but in fact over the years, GSW have been had in so many one sided trades for the other team. Youth movement has taken place but no one seems to understand you need veteran leadership with playoff experience to help get a young team over the hump. Stop looking for the quick fix. Build this team, but start adding the necessary veteran players to lead this team. Get a 3rd guard that can play defense to offset our 2 slight PG\SG combo. Get a quality enforcer big man to help David Lee and teach Udoh\Tyler what they need to do to succeed in this league.

the INDIVIDUALS are diiferent, but the organization is the same—crappy.