I'm confused by your argument. Is there a middle ground between "players you want to build a team around" (which sounds like superstar caliber players) and "Adam Morrison and Kwame Brown" (two of the biggest draft busts ever)?

Don't we always make fun of teams like the Knicks and Nets, who mortgage their future for the present?

No need to double check - your 80% estimation no doubt checks out!

I don't know if as many people are lauding Hinkie as a genius as you purport. I read the ESPN article prior to your article and my impression was "Here is an in-depth look at a team that is trying some new techniques". It never presumed to say that it was the right way, or a better way, it simply demonstrated some…

Also, you using entire league PER as a yardstick for a rookie is really unfair, which I kinda assume was your intention. Rookies in general have rough PERs. He's in tenth place, but the difference in PER between tenth and first is marginal. I mean Wiggins is sporting a 12.86, but anyone who watches him know he is a…

These are more nuanced and convincing arguments than "Sam Hinkie is a dunce".

uh dude you realize that you have it sorted by FG%? not sure if that's the argument you're trying to make. Maybe double check before using the "you know what Google is, right?" burn.

The Cavs got a pretty good free agent signing after winning 33 games last year.

do you know what "objectively bad" means?

You failed to mention that Noel's PER is tenth among qualifying rookies, and 4 points off from the leader, Jusuf Nurcic.

Nerlens has already played more games than Greg Oden has in his career and is one of the better rim protectors in the league. Joel Embiid has the downside of Greg Oden, but the upside of Hakeem.

I am a (suicidal, probably) Nuggets fan so i really don't have a horse in this race, but this article seems to neglect a few things.

this is incredible.

is there a single artist on this list that's not past their prime?

they obviously go on to work at Guitar Center.

dude if your fantasy team depended on ricky rubio i think your team was ruined after the draft.

The flipside of this argument is that maybe Faried performs really well in a competitive environment with a coach who actually understands how to play to his strengths and improve/disguise his weaknesses. Too bad we won't know the answer for a while, if ever.

The first domino that fell in this wreck of a beautiful, overachieving train was Masai Ujiri leaving. All because Kroenke thought a "handshake" lowball agreement was good enough to lock down one of the most sought after young GMs in the game.

You must have a really strong mammory to make that joke

maybe, just maybe, he's a person with complex behavior and emotions that aren't 100% consistent at all moments? I don't know.