It’s easy to highlight the Memphis Grizzlies’ draft mistakes. They had star big man Kevin Love then flipped him for OJ Mayo, a player that everyone thought was going to be a superstar player. Then, they drafted Hasheem Thabeet, passing on two perennial MVP candidates in James Harden and the Steph Curry. They also decided drafted Tony Wroten, an unproven, raw point guard with “potential,” while their “runner-up” Draymond Green continued to slide down the draft boards.
The draft mistakes that no one talks about is the fact that they’ve traded first-round draft picks like they’re Yu-Gi-Oh!