Yeah so arrogant of the front office to hire a coach we’ll known for developing players and then draft players that need to be developed! The hubris!

All I could find on Fizdale and development was “Bosh and Gasol shot more 3 pointers.” I did not see anything about young players. Maybe I need him to develop my internet search skills.

Anyway, if we get a new Tobias Harris with this year’s #9 pick, that’s still pretty good.

Yeah so arrogant of the front office to hire a coach we’ll known for developing players and then draft players that need to be developed! The hubris!

I understand why people are frustrated. We could have done a better job tanking down the stretch and selected higher. Then with the 9th pick we didn’t even select the BPA. But I think we have every reason to be comfortable with the coaching staff. Fisdale is highly respected around the league and by top players, he comes from a winning organization, and it appears he has assembled a very good staff (at least according to opinions I respect). I’d feel more certain of what to expect if we took Mikal, but I’m not convinced selecting Knox was a mistake just because Mikal is better now.

I agree.

I’m not sure what Fisdale’s plans are for KP, but if the plans are to make him a full time 5 in 2-3 years, we are going to need a strong rebounder in the front line somewhere. Right now Knox does not look like the answer to that. Maybe Fisdale is going to keep KP at the 4 long term and only use him at the 5 in small ball lineups like Hornacek did. That would keep someone like Kanter, O’Quinn or Robinson at the 5 most of the time. We’ll have to see what happens as they fill out.

One small ball possibility is KP, Knox, and Dotson. Dotson is a good rebounder for a 2/3. So maybe he can make up some of the gap if those other guys don’t get better. I still think Frank is going to get better on the boards for a 1/2 also. He’s so damn long and he’s getting stronger.

I think this regime has a lot of hubris (like most) thinking they can just “coach up” kids that have big holes in their games. It’s certainly not out of the question, but it’s a bad bet.

That being said, no one should be expecting an 18-year-old LeBron James with the #9 pick.

Tatum mostly played 3 this year and did so very well. This was after many of these type of concerns were raised regarding his ability to defend the 3 at the next level without getting roasted. It was also suggested that if he was going to be good it would have to be as a 4 like he played at Duke.

I think Knox can be good as a 3 and a 4. I don’t know if he will or not.

He also played a lot of 4 and he would have played even more if the guy they spent gazillions of dollars on to be a 3 didn’t get hurt right away, right? I imagine Tatum’s future will be at the 4 still.