This lady thinks they should have picked Durant:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/27/AR2007062702924.html?hpid=sec-sports
"He's here, his name is Kevin Durant, and if the Portland Trail Blazers pass on him in the NBA draft in favor of Greg Oden, they'll rue it. Durant is a player for a new era, while a center like Oden, good as he might be, is a dinosaur by comparison. Draft Oden, and you get a guy who can play one position. Draft Durant, and you get a guy who can play five."
If Durant drops 50 on us every time we play against him for the next 15 years, we might regret not taking him. But it won't be because he can play multiple positions. That's just stupid. Does it really add a lot of value to the Sonics that you could roll out your 6'9" scoring machine as a point guard? If you could clone Kevin Durant, and have five of him playing all five positions, that would be helpful. If you just have one, then he can only play one position at a time.
Also, if dominant post players are "dinosaurs" why does either Shaq or Tim Duncan win the title every year?
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Does Houston regret drafting Akeem (A 'dinosaur' with two NBA championships) over Jordan? Probably not. Akeem was the best pick at the time and he delivered. Similiarly, Portland will not regret drafting Oden over Durant (Presuming that Durant becomes the player that Sally already thinks he is).
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