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of all time and learned that the Timberwolves picked Johnny Flynn ahead of Steph Curry. What a mistake. They ranked Flynn as the sixth worse pick ever., which is hard to believe.

 

[realorange]

of all time and learned that the Timberwolves picked Johnny Flynn ahead of Steph Curry. What a mistake. They ranked Flynn as the sixth worse pick ever., which is hard to believe.

Trying to get Flynn to play the Timberwolves style and then his injury makes it cruel to be nominated anywhere in that category.

 

[djcon57]

of all time and learned that the Timberwolves picked Johnny Flynn ahead of Steph Curry. What a mistake. They ranked Flynn as the sixth worse pick ever., which is hard to believe.

It's such a dumb hot take.

I'm hoping #1 was when the Bucks took Jimmer Fredette over Klay Thompson...which IMO is actually way way worse. Jimmer was a complete bust. Jonny got stuck in the triangle then got hurt.

 

[patcuse]

The Timberwolves only drafted Jonny Flynn to get Paul Harris anyways.

 

[Knicks411]

It's such a dumb hot take.

I'm hoping #1 was when the Bucks took Jimmer Fredette over Klay Thompson...which IMO is actually way way worse. Jimmer was a complete bust. Jonny got stuck in the triangle then got hurt.

Are you referring to D League all star game MVP Jimmer Fredette?

 

[Eric15]

Hypothetical: if the 6OT game ends in regulation, does Flynn get drafted that high? I always felt like that game caused his exposure and stock to skyrocket.

 

[Brooky03]

Flynn relied on athleticism to be successful. Once the injury robbed him of that, half his game was DOA.

It's really a shame, because he had the skills to hang in the NBA. In hindsight, picking him over Curry was obviously not a good call, but it made more than plenty of sense at the time.

 

[djcon57]

Flynn relied on athleticism to be successful. Once the injury robbed him of that, half his game was DOA.

It's really a shame, because he had the skills to hang in the NBA. In hindsight, picking him over Curry was obviously not a good call, but it made more than plenty of sense at the time.

Yep...same as Rubio over Curry as well

Jonny was 2nd team All Rookie. He's an injury "bust" for sure and obviously he would have never been as good as Curry. But I believe he would be in the NBA (probably as a backup) if his hip didn't go.

 

[MikeSU02]

Flynn relied on athleticism to be successful. Once the injury robbed him of that, half his game was DOA.

It's really a shame, because he had the skills to hang in the NBA. In hindsight, picking him over Curry was obviously not a good call, but it made more than plenty of sense at the time.

Let's not forget it was David Kahn who made these picks. He picked Rubio (which was applauded if I remember correctly) and then inexplicably picked Flynn right after that. I believe he was hedging against Rubio delaying coming to the US, which he did. So instead of choosing the best player that fit what they needed, he picked Flynn to bridge the gap before Rubio came to the US.

Flynn never belonged on that team or in that offense. As stated above, he never would have been close to Steph, but he would have had a backup PG career in the NBA.

BTW, let's not forget in this same draft, Hasheem Thabeet was picked #2 overall.

 

[Knicks411]

Let's not forget it was David Kahn who made these picks. He picked Rubio (which was applauded if I remember correctly) and then inexplicably picked Flynn right after that. I believe he was hedging against Rubio delaying coming to the US, which he did. So instead of choosing the best player that fit what they needed, he picked Flynn to bridge the gap before Rubio came to the US.

Flynn never belonged on that team or in that offense. As stated above, he never would have been close to Steph, but he would have had a backup PG career in the NBA.

BTW, let's not forget in this same draft, Hasheem Thabeet was picked #2 overall.

Rubio the summer prior had played pretty well against Dream Team whatever as a 17 year old, that was part of the reason the pick was applauded

 

[tbonezone]

sounds like jonny flynn and david kahn both got very bad advice. very very bad.

 

[chugg21]

Let's not forget it was David Kahn who made these picks. He picked Rubio (which was applauded if I remember correctly) and then inexplicably picked Flynn right after that. I believe he was hedging against Rubio delaying coming to the US, which he did. So instead of choosing the best player that fit what they needed, he picked Flynn to bridge the gap before Rubio came to the US.

Flynn never belonged on that team or in that offense. As stated above, he never would have been close to Steph, but he would have had a backup PG career in the NBA.

BTW, let's not forget in this same draft, Hasheem Thabeet was picked #2 overall.

I will honestly never understand how Thabeet flamed out so bad. Thought he was going to be an absolute top notch rim protector at worst.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Are you referring to D League all star game MVP Jimmer Fredette?

That guy does not get it. I listened to him on Dan Patrick a while ago. Patrick asked him what NBA teams were telling him he needed to improve to stick in the NBA. Fredette said that the big problem was that no team was willing to commit to giving him enough minutes to find a consistent shooting rhythm.

Right, Jimmer. That's what they're telling you to work on. Finding a team that wants to give you minutes.

 

[CorduroyG]

if i was a twolves fan i would literally have nightmares of this every night


1 LAC Blake Griffin Oklahoma
2 MEM Hasheem Thabeet Connecticut
3 OKC James Harden Arizona State
4 SAC Tyreke Evans Memphis
5 MIN Ricky Rubio Spain
6 MIN Jonny Flynn Syracuse
7 GSW Stephen Curry Davidson College

 

[Knicks411]

That guy does not get it. I listened to him on Dan Patrick a while ago. Patrick asked him what NBA teams were telling him he needed to improve to stick in the NBA. Fredette said that the big problem was that no team was willing to commit to giving him enough minutes to find a consistent shooting rhythm.

Right, Jimmer. That's what they're telling you to work on. Finding a team that wants to give you minutes.

I saw some quote attributed to him that basically said the same thing and i kinda just shook my head. You're a fringe player at best bud. Gotta know your role.

 

[jncuse]

It is probably one of the worst draft picks of all time. But it has more to do with David Kahn then Johnny Flynn.

First with Flynn -- he probably should not have been the 6th pick, and his play was never near that level. But he could have been an OK NBA player, for a while without the injury. Still poor value for the 6th pick, but not the worst.

Now to Kahn, which is why it should be considered one of the worst picks -- he drafted 2 point guards (Rubio and Flynn), with 2 extremely valuable assets (5th and 6th pick), passed on Curry who was the only one of the 3 who can really shoot and would make sense if you wanted to go with 2 guards. It may have been the worst instance of asset management in recent NBA history. Kahn is the main reason it is one of the most terrible picks ever.

 

[MikeSU02]

sounds like jonny flynn and david kahn both got very bad advice. very very bad.

I think Flynn should have gone to the NBA, he just ended up being dealt a bad hand because of a terrible GM and then injury.

If he doesn't get injured and he's picked by almost any other team, he probably would have stuck around.

He was a lottery pick. He had to go.

Sometimes you just land in a bad place. Look at D'Angelo Russell with LA and Byron Scott. The difference is the Lakers are about to shift power in the organization to the people that know what they are doing and Byron will be fired. D'Angelo will either be traded as part of a deal to get a superstar to LA and will end up on a rebuilding team or he'll be kept and get to play with a superstar under better management.

 

[721Comstock]

It is probably one of the worst draft picks of all time. But it has more to do with David Kahn then Johnny Flynn.

First with Flynn -- he probably should not have been the 6th pick, and his play was never near that level. But he could have been an OK NBA player for a while without the injury. Still bad value for the 6th pick, but maybe not in the worst. And ultimately, even due to a bad luck circumstance, the pick derived poor value.

Now to Kahn, which is why it should be considered one of the worst picks -- he drafted 2 point guards (Rubio and Flynn), with 2 extremely valuable assets (5th and 6th pick), passed on Curry who was the only one of the 3 who can really shoot and would make sense if you wanted to go with 2 guards. It may have been the worst instance of asset management in recent NBA history. Kahn is the main reason it is one of the most terrible picks ever.

This seems appropriate...

 

[tbonezone]

27 and out of the league after 2 years with no education. bad advice. very very bad. SU diploma sounds very very good.

 

[Knicks411]

27 and out of the league after 2 years with no education. bad advice. very very bad. SU diploma sounds very very good.

The $10 million he banked helps

 

[OrangeDW]

of all time and learned that the Timberwolves picked Johnny Flynn ahead of Steph Curry. What a mistake. They ranked Flynn as the sixth worse pick ever., which is hard to believe.

In the same draft, Memphis took Hasheem Thabeet at #2. Was that on the list? Because that's much worse.

 

[OrangeDW]

Let's not forget it was David Kahn who made these picks. He picked Rubio (which was applauded if I remember correctly) and then inexplicably picked Flynn right after that. I believe he was hedging against Rubio delaying coming to the US, which he did. So instead of choosing the best player that fit what they needed, he picked Flynn to bridge the gap before Rubio came to the US.

Flynn never belonged on that team or in that offense. As stated above, he never would have been close to Steph, but he would have had a backup PG career in the NBA.

BTW, let's not forget in this same draft, Hasheem Thabeet was picked #2 overall.

Kahn said he could see Flynn and Rubio being like Monroe and Frazier. Unreal.

 

[tbonezone]

i've got no problem with anyone coming out early who's projected in the lottery. was jonny ready? let's just say it ended badly. and a couple more years gratis couldn't have hurt.

 

[djcon57]

i've got no problem with anyone coming out early who's projected in the lottery. was jonny ready? let's just say it ended badly. and a couple more years gratis couldn't have hurt.

Yeah he could have hurt his hip at Syracuse and made $0.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

It is probably one of the worst draft picks of all time. But it has more to do with David Kahn then Johnny Flynn.

First with Flynn -- he probably should not have been the 6th pick, and his play was never near that level. But he could have been an OK NBA player, for a while without the injury. Still poor value for the 6th pick, but not the worst.

Now to Kahn, which is why it should be considered one of the worst picks -- he drafted 2 point guards (Rubio and Flynn), with 2 extremely valuable assets (5th and 6th pick), passed on Curry who was the only one of the 3 who can really shoot and would make sense if you wanted to go with 2 guards. It may have been the worst instance of asset management in recent NBA history. Kahn is the main reason it is one of the most terrible picks ever.

And don't forget, he later in that round also drafted and traded Lawson.