The Imperfect Practice Of Evaluating Guards

The definition of insanity is blah blah blah

We’ve done this before, right? Shane Larkin, Roddy Beaubois, Jared Cunningham, Ricky Ledo and Gal Mekel are all less than encouraging examples of how for whatever reason young guards simply do not flourish under Rick Carlisle and in the Dallas Mavericks system. As a fan base it’s fine to just write off an entire position as a reaction to the fact that your taste buds have been ruined by your past experiences (much like I’ll never drink Zima again). As a front office that’s not a luxury you have. If you’re walking into a draft with a tainted board then you’re just cheating yourself and your team. Guards are not the strength of this draft and…