100% correct on all points. Trading the 4th overall pick was incredibly stupid at the time and looks even worse now. He played it like this was the NFL Draft or something, it rarely makes sense to trade down in a draft when you hold a top 5 pick. Awful awful decision. He did nail it in the next draft with TM3 and Herb which helps lessen the sting but still. Jury is still out on Dyson and Hawkins but yeah, why the hell did he retain Gentry? That made no sense at the time as well. This franchise is such a mess despite having a pretty damn talented roster.

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Posted by Pels_Yaz

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Posted on 4/22/24 at 12:12 am to From Rice to Ingram

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This franchise is such a mess despite having a pretty damn talented roster.

Talented yes but there are some serious fit issues on this roster. We don’t really have a starting point guard or center on this roster. Our two biggest stars are injury prone, and dont fit together. OKC was behind us in the rebuild now look where they are. If I was Griff I would be embarrassed that Presti that quickly built that team up.

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Posted by Broski

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Posted on 4/22/24 at 12:18 am to From Rice to Ingram

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Trading the 4th overall pick was incredibly stupid at the time and looks even worse now. He played it like this was the NFL Draft or something, it rarely makes sense to trade down in a draft when you hold a top 5 pick.

Pretty much every NBA draft is top heavy, so he basically traded the 4th pick for the 8th pick (which he completely whiffed on based on the players that were drafted immediately after Jax) and a glorified 2nd round pick at 17.

Easy for me to say this now in hindsight, but trust me, I said that was a mistake the second that trade was announced.

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