Taft will come through?

It's not time to give up on Taft from the Post-Gazzette

Golden State will give Taft every opportunity to make the team. It's easy to think Warriors coach Mike Montgomery will be able to find the key to Taft's enormous potential. Montgomery was successful at Stanford before moving to the NBA and knows how to coach young players.

It's easier to think the draft snub will motivate Taft. No one doubts his marvelous athleticism. That's why there was lottery-pick talk in the first place. And Taft does have the one thing that every coach covets -- a long body. Not even Phil Jackson can teach a guy to be 6 feet 10.