MJ was smart to not pay Kemba

[bigkingsfan]

Because MJ draft history is so stellar :

2005 1 5 Raymond Felton United States Point guard North Carolina
2005 1 13 Sean May (from Cleveland via Phoenix)[l] United States Power forward North Carolina
2006 1 3 Adam Morrison United States Small forward Gonzaga
2006 2 50 Ryan Hollins (from Sacramento)[m] United States Center UCLA
2007 1 8 Brandan Wright (traded to Golden State)[n] United States Small forward North Carolina
2007 1 22 Jared Dudley (from Cleveland)[o] United States Small forward Boston College
2008 1 9 D. J. Augustin United States Point guard Texas
2008 1 20 Alexis Ajin

[FireDavidKahn]

[QUOTE=bigkingsfan]Because MJ draft history is so stellar :

2005 1 5 Raymond Felton United States Point guard North Carolina
2005 1 13 Sean May (from Cleveland via Phoenix)[l] United States Power forward North Carolina
2006 1 3 Adam Morrison United States Small forward Gonzaga
2006 2 50 Ryan Hollins (from Sacramento)[m] United States Center UCLA
2007 1 8 Brandan Wright (traded to Golden State)[n] United States Small forward North Carolina
2007 1 22 Jared Dudley (from Cleveland)[o] United States Small forward Boston College
2008 1 9 D. J. Augustin United States Point guard Texas
2008 1 20 Alexis Ajin

[RRR3]

[QUOTE=bigkingsfan]Because MJ draft history is so stellar :

2005 1 5 Raymond Felton United States Point guard North Carolina
2005 1 13 Sean May (from Cleveland via Phoenix)[l] United States Power forward North Carolina
2006 1 3 Adam Morrison United States Small forward Gonzaga
2006 2 50 Ryan Hollins (from Sacramento)[m] United States Center UCLA
2007 1 8 Brandan Wright (traded to Golden State)[n] United States Small forward North Carolina
2007 1 22 Jared Dudley (from Cleveland)[o] United States Small forward Boston College
2008 1 9 D. J. Augustin United States Point guard Texas
2008 1 20 Alexis Ajin

[Levity]

[QUOTE=bigkingsfan]Because MJ draft history is so stellar :

2005 1 5 Raymond Felton United States Point guard North Carolina
2005 1 13 Sean May (from Cleveland via Phoenix)[l] United States Power forward North Carolina
2006 1 3 Adam Morrison United States Small forward Gonzaga
2006 2 50 Ryan Hollins (from Sacramento)[m] United States Center UCLA
2007 1 8 Brandan Wright (traded to Golden State)[n] United States Small forward North Carolina
2007 1 22 Jared Dudley (from Cleveland)[o] United States Small forward Boston College
2008 1 9 D. J. Augustin United States Point guard Texas
2008 1 20 Alexis Ajin

[SouBeachTalents]

[QUOTE=bigkingsfan]Because MJ draft history is so stellar :

2005 1 5 Raymond Felton United States Point guard North Carolina
2005 1 13 Sean May (from Cleveland via Phoenix)[l] United States Power forward North Carolina
2006 1 3 Adam Morrison United States Small forward Gonzaga
2006 2 50 Ryan Hollins (from Sacramento)[m] United States Center UCLA
2007 1 8 Brandan Wright (traded to Golden State)[n] United States Small forward North Carolina
2007 1 22 Jared Dudley (from Cleveland)[o] United States Small forward Boston College
2008 1 9 D. J. Augustin United States Point guard Texas
2008 1 20 Alexis Ajin

[GOBB]

So yeah smart not to pay Kemba because you can build through the draft. Until you look at his draft history. So now what? GMs be like

[Real Men Wear Green]

Huh???

With kemba as the team's #1 guy, the ceiling is 1st round playoff exit

Why shoot for that?

MJ was smart to seek a higher ceiling through the draft.. Emoni Bates or some shit that can put them over the top

With the current approach they will have to draft the best player in the draft 2 or 3 consecutive years to build a contender because they aren't going to sign any elite players. There has never even been a rumor that they would sign an All-Star. Here's the reality: Great players want to play with good supporting casts. If the few good players they draft can't be retained they will never have the kind of team a star like James, Leonard, KD, etc. would be willing to join. Instead they are the kind of franchise that good players leave.

From a business perspective I get what Jordan is doing, by sports owner standards he's not rich. But what's good for business for a small market team doesn't seem to be the recipe for building a good team.

[TheCorporation]

But it was smart to pay Terry Rozier?

Yikes

[TheCorporation]

[QUOTE=bigkingsfan]Because MJ draft history is so stellar :

2005 1 5 Raymond Felton United States Point guard North Carolina
2005 1 13 Sean May (from Cleveland via Phoenix)[l] United States Power forward North Carolina
2006 1 3 Adam Morrison United States Small forward Gonzaga
2006 2 50 Ryan Hollins (from Sacramento)[m] United States Center UCLA
2007 1 8 Brandan Wright (traded to Golden State)[n] United States Small forward North Carolina
2007 1 22 Jared Dudley (from Cleveland)[o] United States Small forward Boston College
2008 1 9 D. J. Augustin United States Point guard Texas
2008 1 20 Alexis Ajin

[Wally450]

This whole thread is yikes for 3ball.

[RRR3]

This whole thread is yikes for 3ball.

He scurried out of it like the coward he is.

[3ball]

This whole thread is yikes for 3ball.

Not gonna lie .. its a liiiiitle bit tougher to defend his front office career than his playing career...

But he still made the right move with Kemba... ... He's getting the hang of it

[FireDavidKahn]

[QUOTE=GOBB]So yeah smart not to pay Kemba because you can build through the draft. Until you look at his draft history. So now what? GMs be like

[red1]

putting MJ and smart in the same sentence is an oxymoron.




would an intelligent man ever get caught looking like this:

[red1]

[QUOTE=bigkingsfan]Because MJ draft history is so stellar :

2005 1 5 Raymond Felton United States Point guard North Carolina
2005 1 13 Sean May (from Cleveland via Phoenix)[l] United States Power forward North Carolina
2006 1 3 Adam Morrison United States Small forward Gonzaga
2006 2 50 Ryan Hollins (from Sacramento)[m] United States Center UCLA
2007 1 8 Brandan Wright (traded to Golden State)[n] United States Small forward North Carolina
2007 1 22 Jared Dudley (from Cleveland)[o] United States Small forward Boston College
2008 1 9 D. J. Augustin United States Point guard Texas
2008 1 20 Alexis Ajin