Noskowiak vs Pritzl

[Jay Bee]

How ironic. The cover story of today's Seattle Times is on just one such stiff. Seattle is also noted for one of the worst free agent signings ever, too.

Hey, watch it, bub! They just didn't use him the right way!

[jsglow]

How ironic. The cover story of today's Seattle Times is on just one such stiff. Seattle is also noted for one of the worst free agent signings ever, too.

http://seattletimes.com/html/sports/2023691379_robertswift18xml.html?cmpid=2628

I'm actually saddened by stories like this.  And I couldn't stop myself from thinking of that espn article about Vander and his nomadic life this past year, not suggesting that Blue is anything but a hard worker, etc.  Funny.  What makes me most proud of this year's team are the diplomas that were earned last weekend.  I'll bet some moms feel the same way.

[TedBaxter]

Nosko is a top 50 player,  Prietzel is not.  End of discussion

It isn't the end of the discussion.

Nick will not be a top 50 player or maybe not even get listed in most top 100 lists by the end of the summer.  He can help the program and I expect he'll be more of a third guard at Marquette helping in a combo role 

He and Pritzl are different players who chose different programs.  Nick never had an offer from UW.

[bilsu]

A school is not going to offer a player that has no interest. This debate is useless, because it does not matter who is better right now. This is basically the same debate we had about Wilson and Koenig.

[Dawson Rental]

That's why the smart GMs don't draft for need. They take the best player.

But the real reason they passed on Jordan is because big men are overvalued. Just look at the draft every year and see the stiffs that go in the 1st round only because they are tall.

Like every truism, there are exceptions to prove this one true.  Like the Bulls passing on Gorgui Dieng for Tony Snell last year in the draft.

[jpvegas]

The stated reason that the Blazers passed on Jordan at the time was...."We already had Clyde Drexler"

A franchise changing decision.....

One of my favorite Bobby Knight stories.  When he was asked about the Blazers passing on Jordan because they needed a center and already had Drexler.  He said his solution is simple, draft Jordan and play him at center.

[Silkk the Shaka]

The stated reason that the Blazers passed on Jordan at the time was...."We already had Clyde Drexler"

A franchise changing decision.....

Clyde teamed up with Hakeem for a championship, it's not exactly inconceivable had Bowie stayed healthy & lived up to the #2 pick that they could have teamed together for a championship or two (or more). May have even tipped the scales in the Blazers' favor against Jordan's Bulls in '92...

[GGGG]

Clyde teamed up with Hakeem for a championship, it's not exactly inconceivable had Bowie stayed healthy & lived up to the #2 pick that they could have teamed together for a championship or two (or more). May have even tipped the scales in the Blazers' favor against Jordan's Bulls in '92...

Or they could have simply drafted the better player in Jordan, figured out how to play him with Drexler, and won multiple championships.

Instead they drafted an often injured center, who would up getting injured.

And Kevin Duckworth wasn't bad...although by '92 was starting to slide.