Learn ur lesson. Stats ignore the human element. Start factoring both.
TP. HUGE character issues throughout that team. That's part of the reason our team is so much fun to watch and root for - all high character guys.
Root for? I agree. But fun to watch, I can't. Consider this:
Bobby Marks
@BobbyMarks42:
This UTH/GSW game is a credit to both teams scouting department. Shows that you don't need a top 3 pick to turn your franchise around. Game ended with picks #7, #10, #35, #30, #9, #27, #23 and #12 on the floor for UTH and GSW. Sprinkle in Favors (trade) and Iggy (trade).
The Cs could and should have better talent on this team through the draft.
Let's say we end with picks #6, #19, #13 and #21 on the floor (Smart, Bradley, KO, Sully). Sprinkle in Thomas (trade). And when did we have better picks than those?
That's the point. Both of those teams have superior talent with comparable picks because they're scouting depts got it right.
In a couple of cases, the players we should have taken instead of guys you mention above are the actual players Marks is referring to in those picks.
I disagree. First of all, our only top ten pick was last year, so it's normal its impact would be lower than Hayward (taken in 2010) or Curry (in 2009).
With Utah, you have Gobert, a great find, but the other two are Rodney Hood and Alec Burks, for me worst than Smart, Bradley and Sully and on par with KO.
Now, GSW are another story, but two of their 3 main players were lottery picks. Green and Ezeli were both taken in 2012, in a very deep draft. GSW nailed it, Danny missed Melo but got Sully at #21, not bad.
But everyone misses. In 2010 GSW picked Ekpe Udoh at 6. And Anthony Randolph at 14 in 2008.
Utah wasted its best pick in the last ten years with Enes Kanter (number 3 in 2011). What if they had selected Klay Thompson or Kawhi Leonard?
I agree they have very good scouting, I dispute that, considering the positions the players were taken and the strenght of the draft, the Cs are so far behind. After all, ALL (2) players taken in the top20 between 2007 and 2013 are still with the team...