yeah it means we will be a crappy team limping our way into the playoffs. who cares about getting to the post season if there is zero chance of doing anything.
and 1 is out indefinitely and can't practice. would anyone really be surprised if yao called it a career after this year?
I would be. I can see him easily limping through another $40 million worth of paychecks. That buys a lot of rice and tea in China.
I can't believe this thread was started now that the team is turning things around. WTF? Definitely in the running for worst thread of the season.
Reduce Scola's minutes?!?!?! He would probably activate beast mode on you for suggesting that. Luis is an iron man! If Luis was worried about extending his career, he wouldn't play every year in the offseason. Consistent play is what keeps him going.
Honestly we look good lately, everything is coming into motion. We started the year with a terrible schedule and that killed our teams confidence and chemistry was not there. I'm going to enjoy the season regardless if we get a first pick over all or if we win the championship. I love seeing Lowry play the way he is, because I was super worried he was not worth that contract. I enjoy watching Luis be a try hard. I like watching Hill develop. Kevin Martin is a great scorer and Lee is a great defender. Brad Miller is playing like he is getting paid now. We have a lot of positives after the rocky start but our team is becoming lovable again.
The problem is if we are tanking then I believe we are rebuilding... If that is the case we want to play the veterans to boost trade value... If we play the young guys then we have to give them that fat contract because someone else will... and the league views our veterans as worthless..
They don't need to tank they need to upgrade their assets for the bold moves 2012. They need to get a top ten pick to pair with Brooks to trade. They need to rid themselves of veterans and stick with the game plan of going young and develop. Knowing Les he's always in it to aquire star players. Martin i would consider in his prime, but by the time it's time to compete, he'll be in last half of his prime. So they need to move Scola and Martin for picks and cap space. Trade pick/Brooks for star, Sign star and keep the young guys.
? 43 remaining. Season's essentially halfway done. Without a blockbuster trade, the best this crew is going to do is be creamed in the first round. Not much to celebrate. Don't want to tank, but it is in our best interest for Morey to swing for the fences with one or two major moves. It's evident after a season and a half that the no-star super squad model doesn't work in the NBA. We aren't getting a star player to come here in the current era of star dictating where they go. I'm all for dramatic, drastic reshaping. It's time to start over. "Tweaking" won't be enough to land a franchise guy, and that is exactly what our endgame has to be. Morey had a good plan that didn't work out. Time to start on Plan B.
I'm not all for tanking either. I'll celebrate a playoff birth anyday over a losing season anytime. I'd rather a team play to when. That includes management and coaches. But I DO believe Morey is being smart but is always swinging for the fences. I'd don't believe he'd pass up any "superstar" at this point. Everyone is on the trading block if you as me, even Yao, Scloa, Brooks or Martin. I'd say that's swinging for the fences. When everything is on the table, right? Morey is not gonna do a deal just for doing a deal though. I'm sure Morey is past plan B, on has already moved on the plan D or E by now.
The thing is Scola goes on beast mode here and there BUT all oppsoing PFs are alwasy in beast mode against Scola. Which happens more often? Scola slowing down his opponent OR Scola getting slowed down by his opponent? Patterson has Scolas offensive game plus better defence. I am all for giving Pat more minutes at the 4.
We are already losing more than we are winning without tanking on purpose. People are playing for their jobs and new contracts including Morey, Adelman and the players. While it is possible that completely "tanking" would improve the team in the long term, there is certainly no guarantee there either. It is pretty much guaranteed that if they tanked the majority of fans would be asking for both Morey and Adelman's jobs before the tanking process improved the team. Now I am all for exploring options that turn your older players into assets via trade, but I also realize that other rebuilding teams aren't looking for older players either, and the playoff teams who would covet them the most generally have the least to offer. So I don't think you just dump those players to the first buyer for the sake of getting rid of them. If you bench them for youth that the coach doesn't believe are the best players and you risk losing the team completely. I imagine it would be hard to tell people to work harder, play better defense and practice harder if the best players were being benched in the hope we get lucky in the lottery both in where we pick and who we pick.
