I dont think you can hang on to KD in any capacity if you want to win moving forward. I think the order of dead weight on this team is: 1) Durant -big gap- 2) Sengun 3) Fred / DFS 4) Adams Stone has managed himself into a corner with these "look how smart I am" veteran moves that have all more or less blown up in his face. He hit a home run with Dillon/FVV and then thought he could do it again with Durant and DFS. As long as Durant is here the chemistry wont be and the young guys won't grow. The pressure to "get him the ball' is too great from everyone (Durant included because hes a petulant sociopathic narcissist) so the young guys will second guess themselves the whole time and we're just going to be spinning our wheels.
I’m concerned Stone doesn’t get the chemistry stuff or the build around good guys stuff. He wanted to build around KPJ. I’m worried he doesn’t get it. I completely agree with u. KD is not good for our young guys. That’s a huge factor in the trade KD debate.
If we're not trading for another star, then our off-season goals should be to get younger at the point guard position and athletic/dynamic (FVV has to go), we need to get more athletic in the Center position (Steven Adams and Capela are old), and fill thd bench with 3-D shooters. I think we keep DFS and he'll have a full off-season to get back to his basketball rhythm. Tate, Jeff Green, and Aaron Holiday can walk...I think we'll bring back Okogie
I agree but don’t think the guard we need and getting rid of Fred are mutually exclusive. I think we need to switch to an alignment with 2 quality point guards in the starting lineup at PG/SG. A full health FVV is already 1 that is capable of bringing 3&D value even when playing off ball. We can’t be stranded again if 1 guy goes down.
