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CoolBreeze44 wrote:I want to state for the record that the Wolves passing on Wiseman is going to be one of the worst moves in franchise history. Maybe not as bad as passing on Steph, but potentially in that neighborhood. All because they have this quickly becoming outdated view of how the game should be played today. I'm already bummed out.

Yep. I've been excited for this draft for many months and today I've felt zero enthusiasm because all the signs lead to the Wolves making a mistake tonight.

mrhockey89 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I want to state for the record that the Wolves passing on Wiseman is going to be one of the worst moves in franchise history. Maybe not as bad as passing on Steph, but potentially in that neighborhood. All because they have this quickly becoming outdated view of how the game should be played today. I'm already bummed out.

How about when the Wolves passed up Giannis for Shabazz Muhammad and Rudy Gobert for Gorgui Dieng in the same draft?

Those are different because hindsight is used. Not even the bucks thought giannis would be this

TheFuture wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I want to state for the record that the Wolves passing on Wiseman is going to be one of the worst moves in franchise history. Maybe not as bad as passing on Steph, but potentially in that neighborhood. All because they have this quickly becoming outdated view of how the game should be played today. I'm already bummed out.

Agreed. He is not the perfect fit, but he is by far the best talent in this draft. You dont mess around at #1.

It seems obvious to me

I'm very concerned that Rosas is closed minded about adding a true center like Wiseman and so I don't have my hopes up. He's indoctrinated in the Rockets small ball philosophy and he wouldn't play KAT and Gorgui together even when Gorgui was playing great last year.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

mrhockey89 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I want to state for the record that the Wolves passing on Wiseman is going to be one of the worst moves in franchise history. Maybe not as bad as passing on Steph, but potentially in that neighborhood. All because they have this quickly becoming outdated view of how the game should be played today. I'm already bummed out.

How about when the Wolves passed up Giannis for Shabazz Muhammad and Rudy Gobert for Gorgui Dieng in the same draft?

Lots of teams passed up on Giannis. Not many are going to pass on Wiseman.

Indiana's GM thought about taking Giannis #2 overall (over Oladipo) but decided against it because he admitted he didn't have the guts. Atlanta secretly flew Giannis to Atlanta for a workout pre-draft and made him a promise at #16, tried to trade up and had no idea Milwaukee was willing to take him. Given Shabazz didn't even fit the Wolves needs, it seems inexcusable to miss out on a guy like Giannis after trading down.

mrhockey89 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I want to state for the record that the Wolves passing on Wiseman is going to be one of the worst moves in franchise history. Maybe not as bad as passing on Steph, but potentially in that neighborhood. All because they have this quickly becoming outdated view of how the game should be played today. I'm already bummed out.

How about when the Wolves passed up Giannis for Shabazz Muhammad and Rudy Gobert for Gorgui Dieng in the same draft?

It's worse than that. They passed up Giannis for Bazz after trading down when they could have picked McCollum. But it's even worse. They didn't pass up Gobert for Gorgui. They could have had both, but instead sold for cash the pick they could have used to draft Gobert.

Since I think drafting Wiseman is very unlikely, my hope is Wolves can get either Hayes or Haliburton.

Woj just tweeted klay thompson suffered another leg injury.

lipoli390 wrote:

mrhockey89 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I want to state for the record that the Wolves passing on Wiseman is going to be one of the worst moves in franchise history. Maybe not as bad as passing on Steph, but potentially in that neighborhood. All because they have this quickly becoming outdated view of how the game should be played today. I'm already bummed out.

How about when the Wolves passed up Giannis for Shabazz Muhammad and Rudy Gobert for Gorgui Dieng in the same draft?

It's worse than that. They passed up Giannis for Bazz after trading down when they could have picked McCollum. But it's even worse. They didn't pass up Gobert for Gorgui. They could have had both, but instead sold for cash the pick they could have used to draft Gobert.

I forgot about McCollum and completely missed the cash for pick part. Thanks for reminding me that the draft was even more embarrassing than I thought. I know Flip loved Oladipo (as did I) and tried to trade up for him, but it seems we had no other players we liked. It felt even after that draft that the Wolves picked Shabazz because they felt like they had to rather than because he was a good fit or because he had great upside.

lipoli390 wrote:

mrhockey89 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I want to state for the record that the Wolves passing on Wiseman is going to be one of the worst moves in franchise history. Maybe not as bad as passing on Steph, but potentially in that neighborhood. All because they have this quickly becoming outdated view of how the game should be played today. I'm already bummed out.

How about when the Wolves passed up Giannis for Shabazz Muhammad and Rudy Gobert for Gorgui Dieng in the same draft?

It's worse than that. They passed up Giannis for Bazz after trading down when they could have picked McCollum. But it's even worse. They didn't pass up Gobert for Gorgui. They could have had both, but instead sold for cash the pick they could have used to draft Gobert.

Great post Lip. I remember you and I pining for McCollum that night.