Rose or Not Rose - It's not even a question!

OK, so all morning the debate has been whether or not to draft Rose as a Grizzly.


Here’s my problem with not drafting Rose. We need a LOT more than rebounding to make this team better. This whole team needs to be better. A great power forward doesn’t make a whole team better, a great power forward plays great on a bad team. A great point guard makes the whole team better.


But besides that - you never draft for need. You draft talent and potential…you then trade an excess of talent and potential to fill need. We have a very good point guard, so if you get the chance to draft a great point guard, you draft the great one and trade the very good one. Every single time. The sole reason to never draft need is that the draft is, more times than not, a roll of the dice. If you gamble on filling needs and you lose, then you’ve wasted a number 1 or 2 draft pick and you STILL have that need. THAT’s why you draft talent and try to turn it into something you know will fill the need. Regardless of where Rose played college – he should be Number 1 on the Grizzlies’ radar.


Of course tomorrow this whole argument will be moot tomorrow when the Grizzlies have something pathetic like the 9th pick after the draft lottery tonight.