Remember, the only reason people use the phrase "no offense" is so they can say something incredibly offensive and make it look like you are the bad guy if you get offended.
That said, I find it interesting that anyone would despise this:
We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men....
Yeah, I got a few more for that list... How about sexist and racist, just to name a few... I find it hard to believe that a group of people who believe in being honest, true, benevolent, virtuous and in doing good to all men (I guess this part is true as women were left out of that statement) would not allow women to hold the priesthood, or young black men for that matter... How about the fact that a woman cannot reach the highest Kingdom without being married to a husband for instance... Is that virtuous?? To me that sounds like slavery... Sort of like old age England... I guess they were thought of as being true, benevolent, virtuous and all that other "jazz" too... But I digress...
Well to each his own.
Back to Jimmer.
I partially agree with the sentiment of drafting for talent and ability. But others have a point in that a team full of "solid" players are not usually going to make any noise without the Kobe/Dirk/Wade/Bird/Johnson factor. Often that is what teams are reaching for, the hope that the project will develop into something beyond a solid role player. Also, for many teams athleticism is rated higher than ability. Maybe they think they can teach basketball, but you cannot teach size/stamina/speed/agility. Most often those are born-with abilities.
This I agree with
Any way you look at it, the draft is almost always a crap shoot. Few players are can't-miss prospects as it is. Sometimes a team would rather gamble on a player that had a ceiling at the Bird/Jordan/Johnson/Kobe/Wade level than take a player that is better right now, but whose ceiling is considerably lower.
Can't argue with this either...
I think Jimmer went right about where he belonged, somewhere late lottery or just out of the lottery. It is up to him to prove he deserves it. But he is a project too, and anything but a complete player right now. In the NBA a one-trick pony can usually only go so far.
