Incidentally the trading of Udoh speaks volumes to how the franchise valued him. I don’t Monroe would have been traded had he been in a Warriors uniform.

Anywho…I think Udoh will get plenty of opportunities in the Bucks system to either demonstrate his worth or expose himself.

Which fits with his gosh darn nice guy thing, but maybe doesn’t make for the best GMs.

Is the kid ready yet? Do the Warriors want to keep Larry around for the bad year we’re surely going to keep having, then move on at a better time for our GM in waiting?

Riley is just too country nice guy in a world of cutthroat instinct about a player’s innate personality and how likely it is to translate on the floor. And most of those players he’s judging aren’t from a place he likely “gets.”

While per 36 shows Udoh is clearly the better shotblocker, he fouls twice as often, has only a 1/2 steal more per game than Monroe, and records less defensive rebounds as well. So the only thing that Udoh does significantly better on the defensive end is actually shot blocking. Considering all the negatives associated with his offensive skill set, well, you’re fooling yourself if you’re trying to argue he’s the better player.

Lastly, Udoh’s supposed limiting Monroe in the 4th quarter is misguided. Monroe got only 2 or 3 touches in the entire quarter. Detroit’s abysmal guard play had more of an impact on Monroe’s non-production in the 4th than Udoh did.

and even if you drafted monroe, you could have traded him to find a defensive big man, or you could have drafted udoh in the 2nd round, or trade your 6th pick to get udoh later.

yes, larry riley should be fired. let jerry west be gm.

However, the point remains that if you think Monroe is better than Udoh, at #6 you take him and figure out your roster later.