Well it certainly doesn't seem like 99% of us are against Tyler, it seems split 50-50.
I've commented about Tyler more on a different forum, but I'll repeat myself one more time. He isn't an ideal pick at no.16, but as Doug said you can't really expect much from a pick in that range, you're just hoping to pick a player that can be part of your rotation - Tyler could and I believe be that player.
People say he isn't much of an athlete, but how many really good athletic big men are in the league? And people seem to be really under-rating his athletic ability, he doesn't jump like Tyrus, but he can still get to the rim strong, and finish with power when he needs to. He runs the floor hard and knows exactly where he wants to go. What's the point of being able to jump out of the gym, if you don't use that ability. Yes, you know who I'm talking about. How often do you watch Tyrus and say, "Damn, he really uses his athletic ability to his full potential". Give me a guy who has is an average athlete but uses every ounce of it to his advantage, over a guy who has loads of atheltic ability that uses 10% of it.
Assuming that he does get drafted by the Bulls, and that our roster remains practically the same, Tyrus better watch out. He better watch out because Tyler will work his butt off to get that starting position, and Tyrus better have his A game ready. I honestly believe that if our power forward spots consists of Tyrus and Tyler, Tyler will be able to make a decent fight for the starting spot if he doesn't improve his game drastically by next season.
Tyrus may have the type of game that Tyler may only dream of, but those games will only happen every 15 games or so, while Tyler will provide a consistent effort and production game in and game out. And in the league where you play so many games, you prefer a player who gives consistent production night in and night out over a player that keeps you guessing on what type of game they'll provide on a nightly basis.
Listen out for Tyler making a second visit to Chicago, because that could very well be a sign that Tyler will be our man at no.16. That being said, I think the Bulls management will approach the time from now until the draft in three parts;
1. Trade the picks for either Bosh, Amar'e or any established big man.
2. Trade up to get someone better, that they really like.
3. Trade one or two of the picks for draft picks next season, in a draft that people project as being a lot deeper.
4. Trade the best player that they are there at no.16 and no.26.
People talk about 'potential' players that we should consider picking at no.16, but let me ask you to name players that were drafted in the mid to late first round to second round picks that were picked as 'potential' picks that panned out well. Then name the players that were draft in that range that were picked due to falling in the draft because they stayed a year too long in college, or because their games didn't have enough potential, yet they had productive careers. I bet you could name more from the latter catergory.
Someone mentioned Adam Morrison as an example of a good player who produced really well in college, but didn't amount to much in the NBA, well the thing is we aren't thinking of picking Tyler at no.3, it's the middle pick in a relatively weak draft. You want to draft a player that can hopefully produce right away, and even if it means running around like a headless chicken, crashing the boards, and hitting a few hooks shots, mid-range shots, and setting screens, whilst scaring the hell of his opponents with his bug-eyes, I'm fine with that over drafting a player with only 'pontential' complaining about why Vinny isn't giving him any minutes, and then 3 years later we realize that he just doesn't have any game, then eventually trading him for a second round pick.
