Reminder that Dell passed on Jamal Murray

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We would've traded him for cousins anyway.

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I’m not sure we get Cousins with Murray.

The Kings’ ownership is fricking nuts and thought Buddy was going to be the next Kobe, hence why they were willing to take him and a first for a superstar, albeit a tarnished one.

If hindsight is 20/20, we end up with Jrue, Murray, Bam Adebayo, and either AD or whoever we get for him such as BI.


That pick became Zach Collins and the next few guys were all guards such as Monk, Donovan Mitchell, etc, so Bam being a defensive big is likely someone we would have put next to AD.

let's pretend we were going to develop them properly and they become anywhere near as good they are with these good organizations.

Buddy Hield was a prime example of terrible development. Leaves and immediately becomes the confident flamethrower we thought we got when we drafted him.

Dell did dumb shite but that wasn’t the dumbest. The dumbest was hiring Gentry for his fast pace offense then giving him cousins and AD. Head scratcher there.

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Buddy Hield was a prime example of terrible development. Leaves and immediately becomes the confident flamethrower we thought we got when we drafted him.

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what?

We had Buddy for 52 games as a rookie.
He shot 24% from 3 in his first 20 games. oh no he's terrible.
He shot 43% from 3 in his next 32 games with us. yes he's awesome

First of all, he wasn't here long enough for us to develop anything, and the fact that he started out terrible but finished awesome would hint at actual development, even though it was only 52 games worth.

Buddy was a sure thing in the lottery, and it's not often you can say that. He was never going to be a superstar, but his shooting was and still is elite, and it was easy to see it would translate to the NBA.

I was one that wanted Buddy over Murray, and for that reason. Murray had the higher ceiling without a doubt, but you knew who Buddy was going to be, and that is who he is.

Complaining about a rookie, regardless of age, struggling a bit in his first 20 games, then shooting lights out for the rest of his career is rather dumb.

I don't know what the hell you are talking about we neutered him. He played 16mpg in the first 20 games, and only started 1 game, and no he didn't shoot well. Do you not recall Trey just doing this?. He gets inserted into the starting lineup and starts playing 23mpg, and shoots 43% from 3 until we traded him.
Klay Thompson only played 16mpg in his first 20 games with the Warriors taking less than 3 3's a game, and only attempted 4 3's a game for that season. I guess the Warriors were neutering him too b/c their rookie seasons were very similar. Klay was a little over a month away from being 22 years old when he played his first NBA game

He’s never been that guy in the nba. He’s too small and not athletic enough. It’s why he didn’t have a high ceiling and a very high floor. He is an elite shooter with a very quick release, which was always going to translate.
Sacramento also sucked and had no one worth a shite on their team. Buddy was playing with two all stars and ball hog Tyreke and he actually didn’t start playing well until Jrue and Tyreke started playing as they both were injured to start the season, when Buddy struggled.