Charlotte Bobcats/Trey Burke draft board
My brother works for the Charlotte Bobcats (Hornets?) and just sent me this picture:
This is from last year's draft, so I guess they were considering drafting him. From what I can read, the scouting report says:
- Outstanding pick & roll player
- Can make shots from anywhere
- Good shooter off the dribble
- Very good at driving and kicking
- Sees the floor well
- Quick physical player
Even though the Bobcats ended up taking Cody Zeller with the 4th overall pick, I thought this was a cool look into how a pro team prepares for the draft.
I wonder what the Piston's board said..."drives foreign car" maybe?
Dumars wasn't impressed with the schools that offered him scholarships.
They already have Kemba Walker, I'm guessing they wouldve traded Trey like Minnesota did
You should have him snag that board for you.
Willing passer
Won't shoot long twos
Takes to coaching
Born leader
Doesn't fit team culture of immature spoiled shot chuckers
PASS AT ALL COSTS
Looks cool but it seems bizarre that a team would make something this for their internal draft prep. Now I imagine them having little shrine to each player they considered.
Except for the Pistons. The Pistons have a shrine to Joe Dumars. Joe Dumars uber alles.
Internal Pistons conversation (I haz connections):
JoeD: "Can we draft Joe Dumars?"
Random Front Office Person: "Sir, you are Joe Dumars. No, we cannot draft you."
JoeD: "Then can we draft a guy who plays like me?"
RFOP: "That's what we are trying to do."
JoeD: "Good. But since we can't draft Joe Dumars, make sure that whoever we draft doesn't overshadow Joe Dumars."
RFOP: "Well, there's this kid who plays for Michigan who has a great vision, can shoot, can pass..."
JoeD: "Do they like him at Michigan?"
RFOP: "Yes. They love him. Drafting him would definitely boost attenda-"
JoeD: "Skip him. We must not overshadow Joe Dumars."
makes no sense to me. Kemba has proven to be a pretty good player, and Trey's ceiling is well above being a back-up. Although you would think these guys have full-time jobs as talent evaluators so they're probably going over each player projected around them.
If you are a GM. If they got a great offer for Kemba they better know something about Trey.
He was too obvious of a pick for Dumars. He likes to go with the "wow" factor, a la Darko.
Like "WOW, that makes no fucking sense... Again."
Um more or less everyone at the time viewed Darko as the best pick available after LeBron.
Why does everyone think that? There were plenty of people who thought it was a terrible pick during the draft. I can remember Dukie V saying it was a huge mistake and Dumars would regret it 30 seconds after the pick was made on the draft show. I remember personally being really upset we didn't take Carmello..and argueing with my friends for the next 2 years because they thought Prince was better and we didnt need him.
The Pistons also had a chart on Trey:
PRO's
- Outstanding pick & roll player
- Can make shots from anywhere
- Good shooter off the dribble
- Very good at driving and kicking
- Sees the floor well
- Quick physical player
CONS
- Attended University of Michigan
Completely missed the joke and got offended, lol
with the Bobcats? If you can tell/don't mind me asking.
He does something within their sales team. I don't know exactly his title, but he was in an entry level sales position until yesterday. From what I know, it's kind of a tough position right now, but has tons of upside. Not trying to be vague or anything, but that's really all I know. Oh, and he got to meet MJ at a Christmas party. Said he's actually a nice guy in person. I think he gifted all the employees an Apple TV or something like that.
Hear a lot of bad stuff about MJ, almost odd to hear a good thing! Is he a big basketball guy or is this just a job for him?
I wouldn't say he's a big basketball guy - he's a big sports guy in general (has a degree in Sports Management), so I'd say this is more than just a job for him. He seems to really like it, especially since he took about a 50% pay cut to take the job. From the way I understand it though, once you have an "in" in the sports world, there's tons of opportunity to grow and move around. Case in point: he's been with the organization for less than a year and already got promoted. Granted, he's worked his ass off, but the opportunities are there.
For subscribers to the New Yorker, there was a very cool writeup in the Talk of the Town section on Joe Dumars' own draft day back in 1985:
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1985/07/01/1985_07_01_025_TNY_CARDS_00…
Quite revealing; a worthwhile short read.
Poster that Trey's agent sent to all the teams.
That wasn't made by Charlotte.
Dumars got lucky when two players slid to him in the draft - Drummond and Monroe. It happened again with Burke, I have no idea why he didn't pull the trigger.
FWIW that's just one of about 10 or so posters that the Bobcats created for their viewing party during the Draft. They had ballot boxes in front of each one so that fans could vote for who they wanted the Bobcats to pick.
I think my fiancé and I were the only ones that voted for Trey...would have loved to watch him play every night down here.
impressive start, having a personal story that ties in nicely with the thread.