Thad Iguaturner?

David Stern stepped to the podium, looked down at the index card in his hand and smiled. "With the 15th pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers select Thad Iguaturner."

 At least that's what most Sixers fans heard. Another tweener without a jumpshot who runs the floor like a gazelle and hops like a kangaroo? Don't we have three of them? Now I've been know to DVR a mid-February matchup between the Sixers and Sacramento Kings but I'd be lying if I said I've seen much of Maurice Harkless or Arnett Moultrie. And anybody who tells you they can predict what either player will turn out to be five years down the road probably has some lovely beachfront property in Arizona for you. What I do know is that almost none of the "experts" had Harkless coming to the city of Brotherly Love. Doug Collins and Rod Thorne had both said that the Sixers needs were an athletic big man-who they did acquire in the trade for Moultrie-and a shooter. Harkless stands 6'8 and weighs a shade above 200 pounds, not a pure four or three in the NBA. (Sounds like a right-handed Thad Young) He shot 20% from beyond the arc for St. John's. Sixers management claim that Harkless upside is just too great to turn down, and in their defense, he was the Big East Rookie of the Year, no small achievement. You have to figure that another shoe is going to drop and somebody, probably Iguadola, is on the way out.
I realize that you can't look at the Harkless pick in a vacuum. You have to look at the total haul for the night. Moultrie is a 6'11 power forward who averaged a double-double in the SEC, impressive numbers for sure. I just wonder if they wouldn't have been better off going after a NBA ready, legitimate 7 footer in Tyler Zeller and then trading with Miami to pick the former projected lottery pick in 6'11 scorer Perry Jones. Jones may have the highest upside in the draft after Anthony Davis. Or maybe trade into the low 20s for Ohio State big man Jared Sullinger, a 280 pounder who knows how to play the game. Only time will tell....