Given his athleticism-dependent style, Giannis has another two top 5 player years in him, I think. In general, I think Stone has to go with the golden rule, which applies across NHL, MLB, and NFL as well: never trade significant assets on a player over 30 whose greatness largely depends on their athletic advantage.
man, it is called untouchable. not untradeable. Untradeable means no other teams take him, dude. Freak is older and declines quickly, cost twice. He is not twice better than Sengun. Stop it, please.
Yes, I misstated that. I was posting while at work trying to do too many things at once. I meant they enter there prime at that age. The peak would come later.
On the surface I agree but digging a little bit past the surface you realize that he would create a very shallow roster due to him and Durant eating up all the capspace. That, or cause the team to pass the second apron for the next few years and be literally praying on their knees that Durant stays 100% healthy and happy because anything short of a Championship, it would be one of the worst decisions in franchise history.
The last 3 chips were from younger stars with homegrown teams. All these vets have been joing forces and losing and then leaving there teams decimated. Dont want that for the Rockets. Its important to recognize change and go with it in business or else you'll be stuck like the suns and kings etc
Somehow I can imagine Bully ball wearing thin with the fanbase pretty quickly.......especially when the Finals cannot be reached.
ok... and when the GSW were winning then it was all about 3s and defense didn't matter... and when it was championships by Bron, Durant, Giannis and Kawhi it was all about getting superstars... the last few have been younger teams... that's my point... its a copycat league and most try to replicate the most recent successes - until someone wins doing something else... there's more than one way to skin a cat - or win a championship... I'll grant you that investing in aging stars carries a degree of risk - as we've seen... but so does every other route... Utilizing 'the process' and building through the draft is a crapshoot as well... sure, maybe u get LeBron and it seems brilliant - but maybe u get Kwame'd and u wasted years tanking and set your club back with overpriced underproducing high draft picks... I'm not saying that Giannis/KD is without a doubt the way to go... i merely said that it was worth consideration - given the potential upside (if they stay healthy)... If we were dishing out 5-6 year max contracts to aging KD and Giannis then i would def be out... but thats not what we're potentially doing in this scenario...
