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[mpfunk]

Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

Wasn't just BYU fans. Many many national and local sportswriters blasted that as being a dumb pick for #1.

And many thought it was a good pick. By the way Bill Simmons does not count as a sportswriter.

[DrumNFeather]

Originally Posted by mpfunk

And many thought it was a good pick. By the way Bill Simmons does not count as a sportswriter.

Don't forget about his Degenerative eye disease...he should be going blind here any day...

[Donuthole]

Originally Posted by UteStar

No, that is not where it gets dicey. At all. When they drafted Bogut, Ford was healthy and the point guard of the future as he was a lottery pick the year before. But, later that summer is when Ford went down. MoWilliams then stepped up and showed that he could be that point guard and Ford became expendable. That does nothing for your argument.

The only problem with that argument is that Ford was drafted in '03, 2 years before Bogut, and he missed the last 26 games of the 03-04 season, and the entire 04-05 season. He was anything but the sure thing that you are making him out to be, as his health issues were a major concern.

Originally Posted by UteStar

And no offense, but if you really think that Marvin Williams is a better player at this point than Bogut, then you my friend, are nuts. Unless you like small forwards that can barely shoot the ball from 2 land or 3 land, can't pass the ball to his teammates and is a below average rebounder. I can't believe you just mentioned Marvin Williams.

He's a better scorer than Bogut already, and he's 2 years younger. He's not the passer or rebounder Bogut is, and he never will be, but he's adequate for a small forward. His shooting percentage will improve with time, and he somewhat makes up for it by being a very good free-throw shooter. In fact, Williams made more free throws than Bogut attempted last season.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

Wasn't just BYU fans. Many many national and local sportswriters blasted that as being a dumb pick for #1.

Quoth one of the haters who couldn't believe it happened.

So what? Lots of #1 picks don't live up to expectations.

[UteStar]

Originally Posted by Donuthole

He's a better scorer than Bogut already, and he's 2 years younger. He's not the passer or rebounder Bogut is, and he never will be, but he's adequate for a small forward. His shooting percentage will improve with time, and he somewhat makes up for it by being a very good free-throw shooter. In fact, Williams made more free throws than Bogut attempted last season.

I am just saying...if you really believe that Marvin Williams is a better player at this point in his career over Bogut, then I greatly overestimated your knowledge of the NBA. By better scorer, he scored 0.7 points more last year than Bogut in the same amount of minutes while shooting around 42-43% for the year. Who knows how he will end up, but he had a large role with the Hawks last year and was given a ton of chances and more often than not, blew it.

And in regards to Lingo...few sportswriters blasted the pick. In fact, most of the sportswriters said it made sense for the Bucks to do even if there were potentially better players down the road later in the draft.