05-25-2019, 04:34 AM
(05-25-2019, 04:22 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:Actually there's some creative license being applied to our thinking here.
Our pick swap with adelaide for the stocker pick meant that we anticipated that we were not going to be significantly worse off at the draft table with the bonus of getting Liam stocker last season.
It was a move done to get our next young player in the door a year ahead of time.
To win that trade we only need to finish within 14 spots on the ladder with adelaide given stocker is rated pick 6 (according to sos) last year.
Currently that's an 11 spot difference.
It's worth remembering that this season still has life in it, and irrespective of where we finish I can't see adelaide finishing much higher than they are currently if they make finals at all.
I'm sick of people bringing this swap up for all the wrong reasons. You have pointed to many of the right reasons.
I'll go a step further and add this one.
Is it possible that Stocker (rated pick 6) is better than any player in the upcoming draft?
That is pick 1 from this draft is a worse pick than Stocker.
Therefor not only did we get a better player (Stocker) than we could get this year, we got a bonus 1st round pick (Adelaide) on top of that.
Alternatively, perhaps the next draft is so relatively even that you can get an a-grade talent no matter where you pick in the first round.
Either way, looking at where our pick is vs where adelaides pick is as justification for a good/bad trade is ignoring a lot of other factors that probably carry more weight by comparison.