I just said what minny is looking for. Lavine has made him semi expendable( non untradeable). Lol a good young pf. Jones cant. If u watch he has this year. Its noticeable.
I would hire Thibs or Shane Battiea --> 5yr yes that is a long term but it shows he is our leader and we have faith in him. Ask Harden if he will play for the coach if yes keep / if no trade for best available. ASAP Trade Howard and Jones For Bledsoe, Morris, and Goodwin Then move Lawson & Brewer for anything positive and not long term (unless Thibs asked for the new player) dumping Lawson contract is a must because we will be combing the D-league for Thibs like players to put on 1M per over 3 yrs TO (Bev and Parson like). Lock up DMo as cheaply as I can. Hope to keep him around $12M per over 4 TO last to years. Try to trade Valanciuns with picks and spare pieces. (This off season)
LOLOLOLOL..... back to the whole coaching bit.... I doubt 3/4s of ya would know a play if it was tap dancin' naked in front of you.
The %s I posted were for this season .342 FG% .265 3G% If that's "improvement," improvement from what?
As the GM.... It would be my priority to get a secondary playmaker/scorer and slightly overpay in assets to get. I'm not completely excusing Harden's behavior and leadership but we need to alleviate the offensive burden on him. Playing top in minutes (top 5 in minutes for the past 4 seasons) and highest in usage, it not tough to imagine he doesn't have the energy. Again, not completely excusing him, but it would be better to build around Harden than to deal him.... We still have too many turnovers, settling for too many contested 3's, and going one on one, we need someone to take the load off Harden. Defensively, let's make Harden's offensive job easier and see if that translates over.
don't know. Maybe he had a string of bad shooting games. But indeed he is improved. Watch or ask a fan of the wolves. (or bballholic since he's obsessed with rubio).
I would start micromanaging the crap out of everyone - from coaches down to players. Demand status reports three times a day. Force accountability down their throats.
I ask again, improvement from what? The answer is from a very, very poor shooter, at best. And the numbers don't even indicate that. It's a fact that fans of Rubio say every year that he has improved...because they need him to be improved, so they aren't wrong about him. But he hasn't improved, and certainly not at a level that would make defenses care about him. Until you are over 40% FG% and 30% 3s (or stop taking them) then there isn't much to discuss.
If I were GM, I'd be trying to figure out how to trade for Rubio, Noah, McDermott, and Alonzo Gee while keeping Harden, Dwight, DMo, and making sure that at least one of Brewer/Ariza, along with Terrence, McDaniels, and Bev were all gone.
Not every wolves fan is a Rubio fan. I just can't answer because I haven't watched his latest games for a while. At the start of the season that I watched some games he was improved. It's not a lie. And someone doesn't get from last year to this year from a horrible shoot to a good shooter. Improvement is improvement though. Even slow and gradual.
Only you and LOFs protecting Lin would change the subject from Rubio's worst shooting for a PG in league history, to be about Lawson. It's says a lot when a guy shooting so poorly this year is said to have improved. Defenses don't believe you. They still aren't guarding him and he still can't finish a layup. Rubio fans are worse that Darko fans. Y'all just keep hoping beyond hope that a draft bust will become an all-star, as predicted on draft day. Worst shooting PG in NBA history to this point in his career.
You guys think a trade will fix this ? Even a series of trades ? So much of sports is really intangible . You can put players in situations and guess how they will react , but it is sill a guess . What this team needs most is time , maybe there is enough left , maybe not . What happened this offseason is a mystery . Could josh smith's departure really have meant that much ? Did something else change ? As a GM your number one job is to solve problems . Not all problems can be quickly fixed . I think more than anything this team needs to get their mindset straight . Individual meetings with coaches and players could help , especially if a mediator is involved. Players also need to get together off the court . What we have so far is a massive failure to communicate . If mchale had told Morey what was going on , maybe DM could have helped . Maybe mchale wouldn't have been let go . Winning a championship is a team effort . Not just from the players , but all level of the organization must come together and communicate clearly as one unit . This has not happened . The reason we know this has not happened is because we are under .500 while playing a cake schedule and having decent health . Could missing out on a good training camp really have set us back this far ? If so , then the coaches needed to do everything in their power to get the players on the same page even if they physically couldn't practice . Watching film and half speed run throughs may have helped . The point of my rant is that no matter who we flip , the team won't be fixed unless it's just pure luck or has a psychological impact . The activity level on the floor is lethargic , decision making stupid , communication nonexistent . The guys look shell shocked . We need our GM our top executive to make a stand, tell the guys that the talent really is there . Don't just inspire them , lay out a plan , talk with coaches . Because unless we fleece someone the potential talent isn't gonna get better . If the guys on the floor can just start playing up to 80% of their potential and play like a team we could have a special season still with plenty of time to build up to things . A long time saying is that the real season starts in Christmas . If we can help our guys to understand how much one there is left and how much potential the squad has then maybe egos and agendas can be set aside and we can truly be a team again . I know what I saw last year and it wasn't a fluke . It was all 5 guys playing hard , making passes , playing for each other trying to win every damn game . Yeah sometimes a mental mistake was made , but there was a completely different focus and joy . That's what the team is missing and a trade can't bring that without just getting lucky .
I feel the ship has sailed for a Rubio trade but I would be estatic if the rumors heat up again for him but not holding my breath. It's just malakas made a point about Rubio but might cost a certain PF.
Jones + Harell + 2 firsts for Rubio see if they bite OR else Capella + 1 first And Ariza for Noah Mcdermott easilly. Gee don't think has any significant trade value. Brew good luck. Maybe dumping him to the lakers for lou/young like cyber said we want to.
It is about Ty it was either Ty or Rubio and we traded for the wrong person. Everybody crowned him the missing piece. I guess the missing piece of the end of the bench.
Sorry but that's just wrong. MCW is that not Rubio. Get your facts straight. I would be so happy if i got Rubio to the Bucks and got rid of him.
