It's been almost a week since the NBA draft and the Charlotte Bobcats must still be kicking themselves thinking about the way they executed their draft.
Not that everything went wrong for the Bobcats, as the DJ Augustin pick could very well be a good one that increases the consistency of the franchise for years to come. Raymond Felton has shown to be a up-and-down type player who hasn't really shown that he can be a starting point guard in the NBA. So, I like the pick of Augustin at ninth overall. But, after trading a future first round pick to the Nuggets for the 20th pick you would hope to get more value out of the 20th pick. Alexis Ajinça could turn out to be the next Tyson Chandler or LaMarcus Aldridge, but let's face it, those guys aren't superstars and have way more talent than this guy seems to have. Hopefully my skepticism of this Frenchman is proven wrong and Ajinca can develop into a solid contributor for the Bobcats, but the point is that with the 20th pick a franchise should strive to draft a player who will make a positive addition to the talent level of the team's roster. I don't see Ajinca as that much better than any of the other bigs, not including Okafor, that are already wearing the blue and orange.
Now I'm not the basketball legends that Larry Brown and Michael Jordan are, but they also bricked with the 38th pick. Before you say, "Well it IS the 38th pick," you have to realize that a really good player by the [nick]name of CDR was still available, yet Brown and Jordan passed. Why would they pass on this proven force of a player for a guy who no one has ever heard of other than NBA scouts and a few PAC-10 fans? Kyle Weaver is more of a point guard than CDR is, so maybe the Bobcats are trying to move Ray Felton as fast as possible. Either way, with a player of the caliber of Chris Douglas-Roberts still available you have to make that move. The New Jersey Nets got a real steal two picks later.
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