4 Ways Trajan Langdon is already much better than Troy Weaver

#2: Fit or ceiling in the NBA Draft?

Troy Weaver got a lot of hype for being a talent evaluator but we never really saw it. The best player he drafted, Cade Cunningham, was an obvious choice, and you could argue the same about Jaden Ivey and Ausar Thompson. 

You never knew what Weaver was up to, as he certainly wasn’t drafting for fit, putting non shooters around Cunningham, and many of his picks were not of the high-ceiling variety either. 

This was especially true in the 2nd round, where Weaver mostly selected older players who he thought could come in and immediately help his young core. 

The draft is not where you should be looking for complementary role players, as you can find those in the ranks of veteran free agents. But Weaver didn’t see it that way. He traded up to get one of the older players in the draft in Marcus Sasser. 

He took older prospects like Isaiah Livers and Luka Garza, whose ceilings were fringe NBA rotation players at best. 

We already know where Langdon stands in this debate, as he went for ceiling all the way with his selections of Ron Holland II and Bobi Klintman. Klintman may not play right away, or ever, but at least he’s a high ceiling guy, not a 23-year-old journeyman who is older than the rest of the roster as a rookie. 

Weaver’s picks were inexplicable from both a talent and team building perspective and I’m already more excited about Klintman than anyone Weaver chose in the second round.