Here's Brandon Boston, a 19 year-old 51st pick, looking better than Elijah Hughes.
The main difference is that Boston can create off the dribble and shoot off the dribble. For a guy who is 6'6" with a 7' ws, that's attractive. See if Boston becomes close to Brandon Ingram in a few years. Clippers gave him a 3-year contract at the beginning of SL. They know what they're doing.
Meanwhile we're spending three years waiting for Miye Oni to learn how to dribble. The argument is that Boston is young and won't contribute much his first season, but we don't play rookies their first two seasons anyway, so there's no reason not to develop someone with real talent.
The Knicks were literally giving away their first-round draft picks this year in order to preserve cap space. The Clippers grabbed #21 to take Keon Johnson for a protected future FRP (kind of what we used to dump Favors' contract). Then we wonder why teams like the Clippers are longer and more athletic than we are.
The main difference is that Boston can create off the dribble and shoot off the dribble. For a guy who is 6'6" with a 7' ws, that's attractive. See if Boston becomes close to Brandon Ingram in a few years. Clippers gave him a 3-year contract at the beginning of SL. They know what they're doing.
Meanwhile we're spending three years waiting for Miye Oni to learn how to dribble. The argument is that Boston is young and won't contribute much his first season, but we don't play rookies their first two seasons anyway, so there's no reason not to develop someone with real talent.
The Knicks were literally giving away their first-round draft picks this year in order to preserve cap space. The Clippers grabbed #21 to take Keon Johnson for a protected future FRP (kind of what we used to dump Favors' contract). Then we wonder why teams like the Clippers are longer and more athletic than we are.
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