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Monday, October 31, 2005
Zaza the summer’s biggest steal?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An extremely interesting conversation during the Hawks’ practice Sunday produced an even more interesting blog item for today. Andrew Bogut was the No. 1 draft pick that the Hawks most certainly would have taken had they won the No. 1 pick instead of the second.
When the Bucks drafted Bogut it made sense for them to let Zaza Pachulia leave, via free agency, for where else but Atlanta? Four months later, though, the Bucks trade for Jamaal Magloire and send Bogut to the bench while the Hawks appear to have snagged one of the steals of the summer in the 21-year-old Pachulia, who’s just a year older than Bogut.
Wouldn’t the Bucks have been better off keeping Pachulia and drafting Marvin Williams? And if I’m the Hawks, which guy would I rather have, Pachulia or Bogut?
