On Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 12:08:53 PM UTC-4, michael anderson wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 8:23:25 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
> > On Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 9:12:33 AM UTC-4, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
> > > On 2017-05-24, JGibson <
james.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Have the #1, #2, and #4 picks from 2011 on their team. What a disappointment Derrick Williams turned out to be.
> > >
> > > They are replete with high picks clustered in a few rounds. They have
> > > the fourth and eighth picks from 2005 as well, as well as *four* picks
> > > from 2003.
> >
> > I almost lost you before I realized you meant the 3rd pick from 2005 instead of the 4th pick. Deron Williams was picked 1 spot ahead of Chris Paul. That's definitely a lot of should-be-talent they have.
>
> well most of them panned out...obviously williams did, but Kyrie was an obvious hit. Tristan Thompson became a fairly decent product for what his potential was.
>
Tristan Thompson is ok, but Klay Thompson and Kawhi Leonard were both taken later in that same draft. And that's also where Derrick Williams was #2 overall. Obviously, Irving at #1 has panned out.