J. Kyle Mann

It was a big controversy.

Remember like there was that landmark game in Vegas when Scoot and Wemby went head to head and Scoot was like, I'm here for all of this.

I should be the number one pick.

You were at the game.

So where were you at draft time?

Like, what do you remember about this debate where you were and the reaction among you and your draft gurus when, when Charlotte went the way they did?

Of all time, you want me to go through every rookie in the history of 10 field goals a game?

Yeah, I mean, this decision has indisputably worked out well for Charlotte.

The more interesting question is how Portland is going to look back at that pick with Scoot, which was like a non-debate.

It was, as Rob Palenka would say, mana from heaven that Scoot fell into their laps at three.

And Scoot has obviously had a ton of injuries recently.

he has not benefited from Portland being sort of caught between many different directions.

Like all of a sudden it's like Dame is still here and we're trying to win.

Now we're rebuilding.

Now you tore your hamstring and the team sort of reorients around Denny Avdia.

And what does that mean for Scoot, who is not a sort of prototypical off-ball player and has had to learn a little bit in limited minutes with Denny really how to do that.

But Brandon Miller,

I was texting with a lot of GMs and scouts over the weekend, just going back, looking at this draft.

Who did you like?

What do you like?