I think Ausar is still eligible. I think he has to play 20 minutes in all but 1 of our remaining games (or something like that).
The sad part is most of the damage to Ausar's eligibility was done by JB. Way too many games where he just decided to play him less than 20 minutes.
I'd much rather choose one of those "1st round grades" at 21 than see what's left for me at 28. We get to draft a player that ranks higher on our board, it's as simple as that. Not sure how you can spin moving up 20-25% higher in a good draft as a bad or pointless thing.
But I do agree with your other point. Accumulating more picks would certainly be nice.
ESPN announcers killing Lavert, as they should. Already called him “thirsty” when he was over dribbling and shot hunting, called him out on passing up the three for a turnover, and then taking that terrible air ball.