On Horford vs. Conley
Posted by:
Micah Hart on
June 29, 2007 at
4:45AM AFT
I'm just going to go ahead and get this out there, cause I feel it needs to be said.
I love Mike Conley, and I think he has a chance to be a very good player in this league. But for those of you who think he was a better pick for us at #3 than Horford, I have to respectfully disagree.
This team needs to win. Now. Conley may be great someday, but he won't be there next year. Do this for me: go find me a 19-year old point guard in the last 20 years who was an impact player his rookie season. Go on, I'll sit here and wait...
Ok, I'm going to move along and you can get back to me when you find one. It would be one thing if there were no point guards left to take after Conley, then I would accept the argument that we needed to reach for him at the top. But I believe there are still guards left in this draft who can help us, and if you can get one of them plus Horford, well, that's the way I'd go if I were the GM.
That's just like, my opinion, man.
