About 4 years from now Chris Grant is going to be looking at his spread sheets and advanced metrics wondering what went wrong as far as passing on this kid because his paperwork told him it was a non fit. 19 YO 6'11 270 pound centers with crazy athleticism are a fit for every team regardless of what the computer tells you.
There is no paperwork and advanced metrics that will tell you what these kids are going to become - and you don't need an advanced math degree to understand the few things that do tend to convey from college to the pros.
So let's not excuse this ... it's Chris Grant's job to consider everything at his disposal and make the right choices. This choice was based on scouting, evaluation, and whom our experts thought would benefit the team the most.
I don't know why they didn't like Drummond, although we know the standard excuses (seems to lack will, terrible free throw shooter, raw skill-wise). Maybe Byron was too influential in the decision? Or maybe adding players the coach wants to work with will be paramount to our success.
Or perhaps they just made a colossal mistake because the draft didn't go as we anticipated? We'll have to see.