Washington Wizards Select Shelvin Mack With No. 34 Pick In 2011 NBA Draft

by Bullet Nation in Exile on Jun 24, 2011 4:03 AM EDT in Draft

Chances are that if you followed the NCAA tournament, you heard about Butler's Shelvin Mack. More of a combo guard, this is the kind of guy who can share playmaking duties with Jordan Crawford, while not being motionless off the ball. For those of you who scoff, remember Mack's situation was much like Chris Singleton's, in that he was asked to create off the dribble when he's stronger in catch-and-shoot situations. If that's a warning flag for a PG, remember we're in the second round, and Mack was widely considered first-round talent. Another point in his favor, Mack was asked to run the pick and roll far more often than most college guards, something that will definitely pay off at the next level. Some of us no doubt would rather have had Tyler Honeycutt or a draft and stash, but most of us conceded we needed a backup PG or big man with the 34, and that's what we got.

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Love this pick

I was really hoping we could get him here when the 2nd round started. Hes a good athlete, good shooter, solid defender, decent playmaker. He will probably evolve into a really solid starting 2/combo guard off the bench.

by blackdog3377 on Jun 23, 2011 10:52 PM EDT reply actions

Was hoping

for Jordan Williams. Think he’ll be solid.

I'm the first to admit when I'm wrong.... except when someone else beats me to it.

by Backhanded Complement on Jun 23, 2011 10:57 PM EDT reply actions

We need another shooter.

Hopefully he will be a great shooter from the NBA 3. NY can’t be our only shooter(excluding Wall if/when he improves).

Skins rule

by Horcasitas4 on Jun 23, 2011 11:02 PM EDT reply actions

great pick!

he will work perfectly on the floor at the same time with crawford. either one can create shots and are playmakers. he can also take the tougher defensive assignment and he can shoot the 3!

by CantWait90 on Jun 23, 2011 11:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Good pick...never hurts to pick winners...

Draft grade overall..B-

Quick take aways for full draft…

1. we were 2 for 3
2. We did not improve our rebounding
3. We did improve our defense
4. Singleton could play more the Vessely
5. Hidden Wizards plan on signing Young – No shooters drafted
6. Hidden – Dray is officially on the block and not part of the long term plans barring a significant improvement. I think any trangression and he is gone, which makes the selection of two 3/4s more logical.

by DavidDunn on Jun 23, 2011 11:04 PM EDT reply actions

The computer says nah about Dray on the block

Vesely is years way and Singleton is more 3 ready than Vesely. They didn’t draft anyone to replace Blatche or McGee. No trades yet, although they are setting themselves for future trades. I give the Wiz a C because they did not do a lot to help themselves. I really look forward to a McGee, Blatche, Vesely front court disaster. This must be the front court of 2016, long after Grunfeld is fired.

Otherwise, I agree with you on your other points.

by hambonejackson on Jun 23, 2011 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Perfect World...

bring in Blatche to see how much he’s weighing, what his body fat is, and just to “talk”. if he’s overweight and the body fat is still too high and the talk with him seems to be the same as normal. then give him away. Have Booker, Seraphin and Vesely compete for the spot. Most likely Booker would win the spot at this time and I’d be cool with that. Would lose out on a few points a game but rebound rate would be about the same, blocks shots would be higher, and defense would be better. so might score 4 less but would probably give up at least 4 less as well.

by Staybon on Jun 24, 2011 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions

I agree with that totally.

Except I think its better to wait until the trade deadline to give him one last chance to play his way into trade value.

by jones-y on Jun 24, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm actually glad we skippedon Honeycutt

I’d have preferred more of a pure back-up to Wall seeing as we already have a combo guard in Crawford but I can’t argue the value of the pick and Mack was definitely maybe the best player at that point.

The pure back up I had in mind was Isaiah Thomas

I'm not going to think of something extra witty or clever to say, I don't want to convince you to see things my way, I just have 2 words for you: JEREMY LAMB

by qthaballa on Jun 23, 2011 11:33 PM EDT reply actions