If the draft ends up playing out that way I hope they choose to go about it the way I initially wanted us to it this year and just go for the most boring ass high floor player available honestly. Garland looks good and I'm happy with the pick but I just think rolling the dice on lottery picks year after year ends up biting you in the ass in the long term.
So what do you propose?
I think we really need to accumulate mid to late 1st round picks and early 2nds ASAP, somehow. We need those high floor 3 and D players. WE need to start surrounding our lottery guys with young talent, but not necessarily players that think/projected to be stars (which doesn't always happen) and therefore change the complexion, chemistry on the team.
Every time that a new high lottery player joins a team, he will want to prove himself by acting like a franchise player, and the player that was selected a year ago will almost be forced to take a back seat. Or the new player that was again selected in the high lottery is forced to take a back seat because the player that was selected a year before wants to show that he is better or some shit like that. Both options are not ideal because it has the potential to stagnant one's or both players growth as well as sabotage the chemistry on the team and also the relationship between both players.
That's why integrating a high lottery big man is much easier than integrating a wing/pg for example. A big man can focus on defense, rim running, lob, occasional spot up shot, etc.
What comes to mind is Kyrie/Waiters when talking about integrating a SG that year later when you already have you franchise PG. Especially a player that is ball dominant.
Anthony Edwards looks like the real deal, and the difference between Waiters and him is that:
1. He looks like a smart kid.
2.He can shoot the ball from all areas of the court which will make his integration that much easier.
3.Great finisher
Still, he is much, much better with the ball and shooting off the dribble. Needs to get better as a spot up shooter. Not what I consider an ideal fit next to Garland because I rather build a team with a Klay Thompson type wing rather than an Oladipo. I think. It's just easier to integrate.
I just think that trying to integrate those players on a team that already has a franchise PG is always hard. And at times those players sometimes take years before they figure it out in the NBA, and sometimes it's not on the teams that drafted them.
We need a vision.We need to think like the Spurs, Warriors, even the Hawks have a vision.. If you don't have a vision and an idea on how to build your team you end up like the Magic. Guaranteed.