re: Jaxson Hayes Interview in The Athletic

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There was no basketball being played, so what scouts would've been able to scout? You could conduct interviews, that's about it. Scouting is a year around job, it's not something you get done in 2 months.

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Proper interviews are the only thing that might have revealed Jaxson's attitude, lack of interest in being coached, poor work ethic, and boneheadedness.

I'll say it again: the draft is a crapshoot, and it's really hard to know how someone is going to turn out. But that's why David Griffin gets paid the big bucks to run the team and we don't: he's supposed to find out the little things that make the difference in selecting the right guy vs the wrong guy.

And if that were the only big mistake our front office had made, we'd be in the top four in the West right now, even without Zion.

We're not anywhere close to that. You can't give Griffin credit for finding Herb in the 2nd round and not also give him the blame for taking Jaxson at #8.

Yes, some of it is luck. It was unlucky for Dell Demps that Boogie tore his achilles. But luck is part of the game, and organizations have to make their own luck.

Soggy, I am not pro-Griffin the way that you are, nor am I anti-Griffin the way Bronc is. I want to give our front office credit where credit is due, and hold them accountable where they fail.

I think that it's BS to pay attention to the Zion piano story crap, or the bitterness of Alvin Gentry, or whether anyone thinks that Griffin sounds like a used-car salesman. Because what matters is the product that's put on the court---that's how David Griffin should be judged. And that hasn't looked very good this season, though I certainly grant that it is looking better lately.

In the end, though, three years of Zion + BI should result in a playoff appearance.