Neil Olshey is to guards what Danny Ainge is to wings.

After a long day of wishing for tall small forwards with huge wingspans, none of whom I was actually convinced would become the next Paul George, this was the realization that grounded me on draft day.

Only two guards that he has drafted have been anything less than a rotation player, and both of these were in the second round. Here's the full list of guards that he has drafted, or made a draft-day trade to acquire the draft rights for (note: players traded away during draft week, a la Tyshawn Taylor, have not been included) :

Willie Warren (second round) - Not in league

Eric Bledsoe (in trade for pick 18 from OKC) - Starter/borderline star

Travis Leslie (second round) - Not in league

Damian Lillard - All-NBA

Will Barton (second round) - Sixth Man of the Year candidate

C.J. McCollum - MIP/star/borderline All Star

Allen Crabbe (in trade for pick 31 from Cavs) - Sixth man/starter

Pat Connaughton (in trade for pick 41 from Nets) - Rotation player

Anfernee Simons - ?

Gary Trent Jr. - ?

That's it. That's every guard he's drafted. Note the high quality-to-pick ratio here.

However much you and I might have imagined Melvin Frazier would turn into Khris Middleton, Olshey played to his proven strengths on draft day: an eye for quality guards, and a nose for a good deal. This makes me believe that he did exactly what we demand on every trade thread, and what we agonize over not having done on those Big and Bad draft days of old: we got the best two players available at these positions.

So let's welcome these young guys. I don't think they're mature enough yet to not read/care what their fanbase thinks about them. Let's make them a little cocky, and happy to be here.