I’d say they had one of the worst drafts out of anyone. I hated the first pick but I thought they made up for it when they got Walker late in the second round. I know they needed the cash considerations but this guy was projected to be a lottery pick until he hurt himself and there is no doubt that if healthy, he can be very good.

Why should I be kidding? Chad Ford agrees it was a sweet pickup for the Celtics

I’ll agree with you that getting Dee Brown was pretty important after Roger Mason Jr. left but the thing with Walker is that he’s an absolute steal in the second round in my opinion. As I said earlier, he was projected to be in the lottery until his injury and theres very little risk in keeping him. Hes freakishly athletic and he competes really hard. I think he would have been great a couple years down the road if not immediately as a backup to Caron if he could stay healthy. You might say it doesn’t make sense for the Wizards to pick for potential when they’re trying to compete now but they obviously didnt take that philosophy when they picked Javale Mcgee.

Yeah, of course. Its still basically a no risk situation…

JaVale is redundant. Sorry, but he is. Still doesn’t matter though. A healthy big three is the only thing that will get us closer to a championship. So I’ll go with the philosophy that Ernie didn’t care much about this draft for short-term needs. I do have concerns about all the young guys except Nick Young, though. They are all coming along very slowly. All of that said, picking up a veteran banger who can hit some threes is what we need. A guy like CDR would have been a nice pickup to get a Big Baby or Perkins complementary player.

For one, it’s waaaaay too early to grade the draft. Common sense should dictate that judgment should come down the road.

Think about it, what do we really know about anything now?

Sure, I was a little miffed at the McGee pick….would have liked it to be more “win now.”

And summer league….well, let’s not get caught up in the numbers.

Well, everyone knows that Arthur should have gone higher than he did. He was an excellent player and I think he has a bright future ahead of him. That being said, you can’t fault the Wizards for not picking him because nearly everyone let him slip after the “kidney” (I believe it was) problems. It was stupid and I’m sure you’ll see a lot of teams feel like they missed out but what can you do?

All I can say is that Chad Ford likes Walker and Chad Ford knows best.