Golden state owned the 14th pick and the 7th pick in the 2021 NBA draft. They selected Kuminga 7th overall. The 8th pick? Franz Wanger. They selected Moses Moody with the 14th pick. Two picks later Alperen Sengun was drafted. In 2020 they selected Wiseman over the likes of Lamelo. Not saying they’re stupid for drafting who they did because at the time it had merit. I’m just pointing to the fact that they could’ve had those players to help with this period but instead set themselves (probably) pretty far back with Kuminga, Moody, and not even wiseman anymore.
The bigger mistake was passing up on Haliburton
Draft is always unpredictable.
Also, A Draftee being successful in one franchise doesn’t necessarily mean he will be as good or as great in other franchise.
For ex: Giannis became the player he is now cause of the Bucks Franchise. I am not sure Giannis will be Giannis if he is drafted by teams like Wizards or Hornets.
2020 draft was horrible for them.
They picked Wiseman over
- Lamelo
- Haliburton
- Maxey
- Bane
- Vassell
- Quickley
Between Chris Mullin and Steph Curry, we made the playoffs once, and that was a second round exit that fans still celebrate, because for so long, we had nothing else. I remember wishing they just gave us a winning team. That’s all I wanted. I didn’t dare ream of a single championship, let alone four. I didn’t even dream of a playoff team. I just wanted a winning team. 42 games. I just wanted to win more games than we lost.
I’m willing ride with Curry 'til the day he decides to retire.
When you count up every team’s whiffs throughout history you realize that none of this shit is a science.
The dilemma Warriors fans are facing is that when you try to attribute whiffing on Wiseman, Kuminga, and Moody as simply bad luck, you also have to start to admit that hitting on Steph, Klay, and Draymond was hugely a biproduct of good luck.
You can do this with every franchise. It’s not news that evaluating talent for the draft is extremely difficult.