Typical Front Office Upside

Hey, I'll add to this NBA Draft conversation, but my rant has turned into a post, so here goes. Yes, I watched the entire first round as one of the remaining 19 die-hard NBA fans out there. The Sonics & the Knicks were the bone-heads of the group. Plus, I agree with Runnin' Reb' Greg Anthony in that the Blazers didn't need to make those moves to get the guys they wanted. Maybe the TWolves move if the TWolves really wanted Roy, but if they did why'd they trade his rights so quick? Weird. The draft-day workout-wonder upside-potential projects still were picked above players who have proved themselves in the NCAA's. Amazing how GM's still are seduced by "upside" when so few of picks based on potential ever truly pan out.

The Sonics f'd up because they took another 7 foot f'n project from the Euro leagues in the kid from Senegal in the abnormally large picture in the post below this one. Apparently Wally Walker loves them Euros. Why get another center when you drafted 2 in the last year that each looked decent when you invested playing time to them and were a benefit to your team defensively in Robert Swift, then Johan Petro? ESPN is reporting that there is a real possibility that the Sonics move this pick & that the Suns & Jazz have both been hot on the trail of Sene. I hope this rumor is true.

Just ludicrous moves. The Sonics clearly should have taken the best player available if the two clear 4's (Sheldon Williams & Ty Thomas) were off the board. They passed on Marcus Williams out of UConn(who will be a good pro PG and better short & long term than Ridnour, I'll say it now), Rodney Carney out of Memphis & a pure-scorer in Ronnie Brewer. And why not trade the pick? There were teams that wanted to move up for another pick, which was clear with all of the draft day trades. Did Wally have his cell-phone turned off? Does he even own one?

Although I love that our boy Roy is going down to be with a coach in Mac-10 that will utilize him the way an NBA team should, there were waaay too many questions that answers in this draft by the Blazers, Knicks and Sonics. And as a Sonics fan, I'm pissed. And the only prescription might be more cowbell, because Bruce Dickenson isn't coming to save the SuperSonics any time soon.