Fig Jam
I tried to think of the nicest term I could to describe the Sonics selection of big men over the past few seasons. “Grossly incompetent” is the best I can do. So it was no surprise to me that with the #4 pick yesterday the Sonics skirted the center position, despite the availability of Kevin Love, to take his teammate Russell Westbrook. I guess I don’t really have a problem with the Westbrook selection. I know Mr. Echelon called for this a while back. However, if you are a team that is desperately in need of a center, and you have available to you the best center in college last season, why wouldn’t you take him? As a true freshman this past season, in an absolutely loaded PAC 10 conference, Love was the best player. He was a first team All American. What further player analysis do you need?
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