George Hill greatest FO draft blunder of All Time.

[DPG21920]

I liked the Hill pick. I liked Chalmers, still do, but I was cool with the pick. The only time I have been disappointed was for the Spurs not making a move for Hibbert. I remember arguing left and right with people about Roy during the draft.

[TDMVPDPOY]

is chalmers still in the league? lmao

as for batum....his good, but anyone can look good on that blazers team...

[jag]

RuffnReady is gonna need some surgery for that ruptured choad he has received.

[DMC]

Never forget how pissed I was hearing we drafted this guy when Chalmers was available.

Wow I was in ignorant.

Yeah, but that was then. You have since improved to just uninformed.

[wildbill2u]

I don't know if many people went back and read this thread from the start in July through the season last year to today. I did.

Some folks ought to apologize to the FO, Pop and George Hill.

[ShoogarBear]

Bump rofl @ mario chalmers

roflroflrofl @ Donte Greene

[TJastal]

I don't know if many people went back and read this thread from the start in July through the season last year to today. I did.

Some folks ought to apologize to the FO, Pop and George Hill.

Most people at the time were fixated on getting a SF as a greater need than backup PG, myself included. Getting a talented big man to play next to Duncan was also a bigger priority.

I'll give Popovich big credit (and an apology regarding Hill), he saw a player he liked and drafted him ahead of more pressing needs. And as it turned out it was the best decision possible. I've never had too much of a problem with Gregg Popovich, GM of the spurs, aside from the Scola thing and perhaps the Bogans signing. He does find alot of talented guys in the draft. It's his coaching that sometimes leave me scratching my head, and IMO Pop's main strength is constructing teams as opposed to coaching them. But he is a still a very good coach in most respects.

Regarding Hill, he has grown as a player in leaps and bounds. Plus he has been a great fit as a speedy combo guard who can play and defend either position. Over the last two years he has quietly become my favorite player in the league.

I just hope he starts taking a page out of Ginobili's passing playbook, and I honestly think he will. Right now it looks like he's still developing his offensive game, and it appears there is quite a bit of room to grow in that area. So it might be awhile before he gets around to passing the ball. But once he starts adding some playmaking to go with it he'll be the complete package.

[ShoogarBear]

The reason for that, and the truth is, SF and a big man were a bigger priority than backup PG at the time.

The proof of that is that the Spurs still don't really have a backup PG.

[mosdef17]

I still think you go for the best player available. Even if that means having a backlog at certain positions. Too many times have teams gone for need and completely stuffed things up. If the Bulls went for need two years ago their current starting lineup would be Hinrich, Bogans, Deng, Beasley, Noah... enough said. Jordan may have gone to Portland? You have to get the best player and just find room for him.

[Calavera]

I still think you go for the best player available. Even if that means having a backlog at certain positions. Too many times have teams gone for need and completely stuffed things up. If the Bulls went for need two years ago their current starting lineup would be Hinrich, Bogans, Deng, Beasley, Noah... enough said. Jordan may have gone to Portland? You have to get the best player and just find room for him.

if the best player available is Jordan - ok, but if the differance is not so huge why risking your team chemistry and stuff... It's not every year that we see players like Jordan in the draft.