Lakers4Life wrote:Porzingis kind of fell in his lap though. When it was his turn to pick Towns, Okafor & Russell were already off the board. I doubt that he would had had the cajones to pick Porzingas with the #2 pick
Yeah, but the Knicks fans booed the selection mightily and players like Mudiay, Cauley-Stein, Winslow, Stanley Johnson and others were still on the board. On the flip side, I seriously don't understand how NBA scouts could possibly miss on this guy. Shame on Mitch Kupchak for shying away from a 7'3" 19 year old professional with skills through the roof. WTF ever happened to the good old fashioned eye test and big cajones! So it wasn't a "fall into his lap" thing necessarily. He knew.