Re-drafting is always fun. The benefit of the time machine makes mince meat of reality. There were clearly 12 teams who would have taken Kobe in any redraft instead of #13
Not meaning to take anything away from Trae but Luka is a generational talent. Credit the Mavs for their faith and excellent overseas scouting.
My only question about Luka is he is already posting such great numbers you have to wonder whether he’s approaching his ceiling right now because his floor is so high.
I mean how much can he improve? Now Trae is nowhere near his ceiling in my mind and has a lot more room to grow. Can he surpass Luka eventually? That’s a possibility because I think he has more room to grow than Luka does.
That would seem to be the smart and logical thing for Grizzlies to do.