In terms of the first round only, I'm okay with it. What I think is hard to digest is swinging for Dieng then reverting to a much safer pick. Altman said in the presser something like "we were only one game away from the playoffs," so that speaks to looking for the perfect cog, the best proven quality you can get at #14. Dieng would have been all potential; I don't see how he would make much impact this year. I mean, Dieng can't shoot, so he's wouldn't be a SF in the Lauri mold. I assume we would've brought him off the bench at the 4, but maybe the 3 with a very different look. IDK.
But Dieng disappears, so we pick Agbaji. He does fit right in as a 3-and-D who'll be a plus catch-and-shoot guy, which we desperately need. But it looks like Altman didn't know what he wanted out of this draft, or that he just had two wildly different scenarios in his head. Is Dieng that good? I don't know.
As for who we passed on, meh. I was most interested in Branham among the rest but his shooting is a much bigger question mark than Agbaji. Griffin's knee: nope. Eason had a bad workout and to me he was just Okoro but taller (in terms of quality). Unproven shooter from 3pt. If you don't think Agbaji can keep improving because he's 22, why think Eason will? I like Terry but not for us, not at #14. He's not a shooter.
In terms of finding a SF, it would've had to have been Eason at #14, right? What were the other legit options there?
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