I'm bummed by the fact that we weren't able to sign Bosh but some of you guys are being a bit too dramatic and/or reaching a lil too deep to fight for, what is effectively, scraps. The drop off of talent after Bosh is pretty severe and none are worth their asking price seeing as how the marketplace is shaping up. I wouldn't sign the likes of Ariza and Deng if their asking price would effectively be close to, if not equal to, resigning Parsons. If that's the case, I'd just resign Parsons. I'm especially wary of (re)signing Ariza on a contract season. If anyone can be bothered to check, Ariza wasn't even on the radar prior to this contract season. His game even regressed for the most part after we traded him. In the off chance he's actually being considered by our FO, I'm just hoping his contract is in the ~8m/2-3yr range so we can easily dump him when the time comes. Most people still high on the loss of Bosh would probably hate my suggestion but, I think it's time to shore up on specialty players that can be had for a favorable contract keeping us flexible when real impact players are available. No point in fighting for the scraps now. We missed our target players. That doesn't mean we hamstring ourselves moving forward with leftovers.
So we've lost, Asik, Lin and perhaps Parsons and Daniels, and gotten nothing in return other than an exchange of 1st round picks? This offseason has been an utter disaster.
Yeah but that was with Lin and Asik on the bench. As bad as their contracts were, that was some pretty good talent that we lost. Without some sort of signing, we're going to be worse than we were last year.
3 way trade Dragic, Ajinca to houston Gordon, Jones to suns Asik, Goodwin to new orleans Cyber, 4Christ guy or whoever, get this trade idea to Morey and the front office. It's too perfect to fail
The rest of the league is playing chess now. Morey went back to checker. When I started criticizing McHale, some backlash from McHale apologists. Now they don't exist anymore. Then I started criticizing Morey after trade deadline, the repercussion was unbearable. I used to be a HUGE Morey supporter but some of you need to smell the coffee and stop taking his words like the 11th Amendments that's etched in stone. Morey is not a championship GM. I will say this again. D12 is the ONLY championship piece going forward; everyone else is expendable, including MOREY!
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I really want this team to go get Rondo. Even if it takes us taking back Gerald Wallace's contract I think I would do it. He brings the mental toughness, the championship experience, and even the defense that this team absolutely needs.
