What we want with this pick is a guy who is young enough to have untapped potential, but who can play big minutes for us on day one. We want a wing player or pure PF who can play facing the basket.
When we look at the board, we see a lot of young projects and older players near their ceilings. We think we are too talented to take on projects. We are above average at the positions we have filled and we have the cap space to be that way for at least one more. However, at pick #8, we don't want a specialist or a guy who only does dirty work. We need a player that is going to give us real production.
We probably would be best off trading up or down from here, but while we see no perfect choice, we think we can get someone here that mostly fits our criteria - our wants.
So with the eighth pick in the 2010 draft we take a guy who is young enough to develop physically and on the court, has shown great skills and big-time production and fills a few huge weaknesses in our team. We select lefty Luke Babbitt - the guy who will give us most exactly what we want.
Luke was named a McDonald's All-American for
his outstanding performance working at McDonald's
his outstanding performance working at McDonald's
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