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Made that high school varsity squad
Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
2007 - Kevin Durant
2008 - Russell Westbrook
2009 - James Harden
That's pretty crazy when you think about it. How often does one team get what turns out to be the best player in the draft three years straight?
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good scorer
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
Rose>Russy
Blake>Harden
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Stare
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
Um....have you heard of a man named Derrick Rose?
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Moderator
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
Shame for Presti he had to let harden go..
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mde
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
Originally Posted by Rose
Rose>Russy
Blake>Harden
This.
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Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
Originally Posted by Rose
Rose>Russy
Blake>Harden
I agree with Blake > Harden.
I would rather have Westbrook than Rose though, and I don't like Westbrook. Rose was better than Westbrook, but his knee injury has really decreased his stock in my eyes. I would much rather have Westbrook, who has been an ironman ever since he made it into the league than Rose, who is a huge question mark right now.
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Moderator
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
I'm sorry but Blake is not better than harden.. James has been elite this year. Borderline top 8-10 player.
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Future GOAT PF
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
2007 - 1st
[LIST=1][*]Durant[*]Noah[*]Horford[/LIST]
2008 - 3rd
[LIST=1][*]Rose[*]Love[*]Westbrook[/LIST]
2009 - 2nd
[LIST=1][*]Griffin[*]Harden[*]Curry[/LIST]
yeah, he picked the best in '07 but big deal.. it was a weak draft class
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"The One"
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
Crazy.
He's also made some mistakes to bring his genius down a bit.
Still, he's a great GM
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Made that high school varsity squad
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
Blake is not a better player overall than Harden, are you kidding me? He might have been better than Harden the first couple of years while Harden was stuck on the Thunder bench, but most GMs in the league would take Harden over Blake right now if starting a franchise.
Blake is averaging 18.7 points and 8.7 rebounds, playing with one of the best point guards in the league. He is down from his career averages.
Harden is averaging 26 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, and 2 steals, and is almost single handedly leading a not-very-good Rockets team to the playoffs. And Harden has shown that he will only get better, whereas Griffin has not gotten much better.
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7-time NBA All-Star
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
Originally Posted by BGriffin's Dad
2007 - 1st
[LIST=1][*]Durant[*]Noah[*]Horford[/LIST]
2008 - 3rd
[LIST=1][*]Rose[*]Love[*]Westbrook[/LIST]
2009 - 2nd
[LIST=1][*]Griffin[*]Harden[*]Curry[/LIST]
yeah, he picked the best in '07 but big deal.. it was a weak draft class
Love over Westbrook? Based on what? And Griffin over Harden is highly debatable. I won't argue that pre-injury Rose > Westbrook. We'll see if that remains the case after Rose returns, though.
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<3 LeBron <3 Heat <3
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
I'd rather Curry over Harden, but I think they're basically equal.
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#MFFL
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
lol @ love over westbrook
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Good college starter
Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
People give way too much credit for selecting the right player I feel. It almost always boils down to draft stock and projections. While Westrbook was an inspired choice, Durant and Harden basically went where people felt they should have gone.
Not enough credit is given for cultivating the talent of a draft pick. The organizations who do well in the draft are likely the organizations who give opportunities to young players and who have great coaches and trainers who actively work to mold those players into what they become.
For example - everyone was saying before the draft that Drummond was more likely to be a bust than to succeed in the league for whatever reason. So does the fact that he has been a success mean the Detroit scouts made some amazing pick?
Nah. That's too simple. Every scout in the damn league saw what Drummond could do athletically. They chose not to pick him because they didn't trust they had the organization to develop so as to collect the dividends that talent could eventually play.
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Re: Sam Presti picked the best player in the draft three years straight...
Originally Posted by Westbrook0
Blake is not a better player overall than Harden, are you kidding me? He might have been better than Harden the first couple of years while Harden was stuck on the Thunder bench, but most GMs in the league would take Harden over Blake right now if starting a franchise.
Blake is averaging 18.7 points and 8.7 rebounds, playing with one of the best point guards in the league. He is down from his career averages.
Harden is averaging 26 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, and 2 steals, and is almost single handedly leading a not-very-good Rockets team to the playoffs. And Harden has shown that he will only get better, whereas Griffin has not gotten much better.
Griffin is playing only 32mpg. Per 36, he's averaging 21/10/4.
Harden is playing 39mpg. Per 36, he's averaging 25/4.5/5.5.
I don't always use Per 36 numbers to compare players, but in this case there is a legitimate reason to. BG plays for a very deep team that blows a lot of teams out. It's also not like we haven't seen what he can do if he played 36mpg.
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