the pistons would absolutely take chet at 5. but he won't be there.
imagine chet as robert williams for the celtics, except with the ability to make a basket outside of 2 feet.
rh high school pitcher? not that high in the draft in front of the best position player prospect in the draft.
im in the "build through position players" camp of drafting high when team building. doesnt always work to pass on a pitcher (see verlander, justin), but its a pretty good rule of thumb. pitchers are just too injury prone (see also mize, casey; manning, matt; faedo, alex).
in all the scenarios in all the world, there is nothing as fragile as a high school right handed pitcher.
mayer was there for the taking and they doubled down on an 18 hear old's recent ability to spin a baseball and took jobe. it was too risky for me. we'll see how it goes. i hope he's another verlander.
why do you pay attention to bill simmons anymore?
my favorite simmons moment was after the celtics made the pierce/garnett trade (you know, the one that built this current team and one of the best trades in nba history) and simmons got so pissed on live tv and almost cried. said the celtics got ripped off.
idiot.
do we expect riley to be better than tork?
maybe a little better? probably not too much better.
hopefully he's the next willie mays, but chances are he struggles.
regardless, its good to have a reason to actually watch.
that's why we need to trade them bertuzzi in a package that nets their #1 pick next year. they seem to think last year was an aberration and they are actually close to the playoffs.