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[QUOTE="SUFan44, post: 1073895, member: 39"]
Smart didn't prove he could shoot from the outside consistently - the only part of his game that anyone needed to see improvement of. Therefore he was drafted about where he should have been - which was 6th overall. Pretty damn good no matter how you slice it.

McGary got hurt and couldn't improve - and couldn't return because of the drug suspension.

CJ Fair was never going to be a first round draft pick. He has a sub-par handle for a 3-man, he is inconsistent as a shooter and defensively he doesn't have much aptitude. Not a shocker he was not drafted at all this year.

Should he have come out last year? Probably - if he wanted to be drafted. But he likely would have been a mid second rounder last year anyway and wouldn't have had any guaranteed money, so essentially he's in the same boat as he would have been last year except he has a college degree and probably had a blast as a senior.

John Wallace improved his draft stock with a great senior year. Adriean Payne from Michigan State improved every single one of his seasons and developed into a mid 1st round pick. Shabazz Napier was an afterthought last year and worked himself into the first round.

Grant definitely has the tools - he never had a chance to develop them on the court because we had better options. Next year would have been his chance to showcase them and work out the kinks - not saying he can't do it in the D-League or in training camp, but it's going to be a lot harder than it would have been as a 1st round pick.
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