Edwards was also rejected by them for the sake of the Kuminga Warriors

Starting from 2020, it has been a series of sad decisions. That year, the Timberwolves had an intention to trade the No. 1 pick, but the Warriors refused this opportunity at the time. It is worth mentioning that Edwards' performance in the Warriors' trial was not satisfactory, and even made Cole say: "Even if we have the No. 1 pick, we won't choose you." In other words, this rookie who later became an All-Star was not attractive enough in the eyes of the Warriors.

In the same year, the Warriors expressed their interest in three balls and even expressed their opinion that they would use the second pick to choose him, but suddenly gave up at a critical moment, which made the outside world confused. It was still that year, Halliburton showed a dominant performance in the trial, which attracted the attention of the Warriors scouts and coaching staff, and even considered including it in the draft plan. However, in the end, the Warriors chose Wiseman and missed the point guard who later proved his worth.

Of course, Wiseman was indeed considered very talented at that time. Even though the university was suspended for privately accepting school money and other issues, the university did not play a few games, it was still a talent that was envied by the teams.

By 2021, the Warriors still maintained their usual adventurous style in the draft. At that time, the coaching staff and scouts generally preferred to choose Wagner Jr., but the team owner Lacob firmly supported Kumingga and finally won him with a high pick. This choice also caused quite controversy, because Wagner's technical characteristics and immediate combat power were more in line with the Warriors' lineup needs at that time.

And now Xiao Wa has a maximum salary, and Kumingga is still performing a farce with the Warriors for his salary increase of millions.

Looking back on the past few years, these "regrets" of the Warriors in the draft reflect a phenomenon: when evaluating potential players, they prefer their own system matching and long-term team planning, rather than simply pursuing the players' own potential or immediate combat power. After all, Huazi, Xiao Wa and others may not get so many opportunities when they come. This is actually the lifeblood of the Warriors' high pick rookies in recent years. Everyone came here with ambition and wanted to do a big game. As a result, the team did not dare to let the rookies do whatever they wanted to do, and the training was inappropriate. Wiseman, Moody, and Kumingga, there are really ones that count.