I don't get this sentiment. They would of have gotten a young center with a few years under his belt that is a good screener who probably would have meshed well with the veterans of Golden State. And with the 4th Pick they could have taken any of the wings available at 4. For the sake of this discussion, I'll just say Pat Williams.
WCJ and Williams is better for Golden State last year and moving forward than Wiseman is. Then coming into this draft, they could have moved picks if they wanted to instead of drafting 2 more rookies.
Swinging for the fences IMO last year would have been taking Melo 2nd not Wiseman.
They probably woulda took Avdija at 4, but anyway,
Talent isn’t really Wendell Carter’s problem. Staying healthy is. Maybe they didn’t trust him holding up (and I don’t know if they woulda rushed to pay him either.)
I think with the 2nd pick they wanted more.
Unfortunately the first pick wouldn’t have fetched anything, let alone their pick and if they wanted something major, attaching Wiggins woulda messed up the value of the pick. Even this year, they woulda loved to get something big for 7 and 14 but the pool of available vet talents wasn't out there.
LaMelo woulda been fun, but guard play is not gonna be their undoing.