Howard Beck

This is not hindsight on my part.

I thought at the time, you don't need the second pick in the draft.

That thing's valuable.

Trade the number two pick for immediate help.

And when they had the picks that became Kuminga and Moody, trade those.

Forget who those players became.

I didn't know what Wiseman, Kuminga, or Moody would eventually be.

or what Pajemski may yet become.

But every young player that they've drafted in the last five years, to me, has been almost a wasted opportunity because before those players were drafted, those picks had value.

Who will they become?

I digress.

No, no, dude.

Absolutely.

Thank you, Raja.

That is exactly why the whole two timeline thing was stupid in the first place, because there's there is no post Steph Curry future.

If you're lucky, you may find another star or two along the way, but you're not finding on most likely not finding another top time all time a player.

So the idea that we can still win in the present and plan for a post-Steph Curry future is ludicrous.

It was ludicrous on its face at the time.

And where they are right now, to an extent, is the product of all that.

Now, I want to back up for a second.