New Orleans Pelicans 2009 Lottery Re-Draft: Where does Holiday Go Now?
The Killer D’s
These two players represent opposite ends of the way the NBA is going. One is a master of the mid-range game that is rapidly become extinct in the NBA, while the other is symbolic of the type of 3-and-D wing most teams are looking for.
Pick Analysis. DeMar DeRozan. #5. player. Scouting Report. Shooting Guard. Minnesota Timberwolves. 86
The Minnesota Timberwolves inexplicably took two point guards with back-to-back picks. At the time Rubio was stuck in a contract in Spain and wouldn’t be available for a few years, so they took Flynn as a backup plan.
If they had it to do again they wouldn’t take either of them.
DeMar DeRozan doesn’t necessarily fit the way the game is evolving but he is still a gifted scorer who has been good everywhere he’s been.
Instead of choosing two point guards who were never really that good, the Wolves would load up on wings like DeRozan and the next guy.
Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. 86. Small Forward. Minnesota Timberwolves. Danny Green. #6. player
The Wolves may not get their point guard of the future in our re-draft, but they get two quality wings who are still thriving in the league.
Danny Green evolved into the prototype of the 3-and-D wing, a role he is still filling admirably for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Though his stats won’t jump out at you, Green is a career 40.2 percent shooter from 3-point range, a skill all teams are looking for in the current NBA.
This was one of the all-time botch jobs in the draft, one that the Minnesota Timberwolves wish they could forget.