I was surprised daywalker wrote that. He is normally quite level headed. Lin is the only one I can think of. That said, there are some players we let go ended up becoming much more valuable. Guys like Lowry and Dragic come to mind. In fact, while we are happy about Ariza's performance so far, he is also a retread. I have always complained about Morey's revolving door personnel policy. I do understand and am glad that our GM is constantly trying to improve the team. But the "chemistry" criticism is not totally without merit. Three rotation players from last years have been gone. DMo and Garcia are the only significant bench guys left (if you can call Garcia "significant"). All others are new faces. This has been happening every year for the past 5 or 6 years. I don't think the fact that we still haven't gone past the 2nd round should be all on Morey. But it is understandable for people to perceive that we are running in circles.
shaun livingston and to a lesser degree, e'twaun moore, were both productive after we cut them……and are an upgrade over canaan at this point…..but can't really complain too much about that
Livingston would be an upgrade, but he was also a FA this offseason and we could have just as easily signed him, but of course we were going for big fish.
I agree completely. Besides, Cisco does not look like he is hard-on for playing time and opportunities, which means he could've hung around as an assistant coach or something, and then if a roster spot opened up because of a trade or injury get signed up again. Enjoy H-town lifestyle for a few months with opportunity to double-dip later in the year. Adrien, OTOH is gonna sign up somewhere to play; he may not even clear up waivers...
Adrien ain't anything special but damn is he consistent and productive on a per minute basis. It's amazing he can't seem to stick anywhere. Hard to understand why we cut him given the inconsistency of the other 4's on our roster. Cutting ish and Cov made sense I guess. Garcia will be riding serious pine all year...hopefully...because I think he's done.
Our "trash" is going to be another team's treasure. Hopefully Adrien doesn't go to another contender in the West.
Beverley, Canaan, Johnson Harden, Terry, Daniels Ariza, Papaniko, Garcia Jones, Motiejunas, Capela Howard, Black, Dorsey Smith and Adrian deserved to make the team more then Dorsey and Garcia, but hey it is what it is.
a lot of players im sure "deserve" to make the team, but they were going for better fit and interchangeable pieces. Smith can only play the 1, and he can't shoot very well. With their second unit, you are going to need some firepower (like LIN) brought. Do you want to have a passer (smith) and a couple finishers like PAP and DMO? What happens when lane gets clogged up? You gonna just bomb from 3 with Daniels? What If he's off? Id rather have Canaan, as lacking as he is in court vision. Canaan can score. If things get bogged down with 2nd unit, then he can go hero mode and try to score. That's what he's good at. I'm not crying over ISH. at the first two games I was thinking damn he's pretty good. as the preseason went on, it didnt' look so great.
Lin wasn't terrible, he just wasn't great. Canaan didn't belong in the NBA. The past is the best indicator of future performance.
