Ten reasons why rebuilding won't be as awful as it sounds.

You started this way to early.


I just don't want to believe the horrible news

 

So otherwise you started drinking the minute you read the yahoo article and finished the bottle after eh Raven?

We have a lot of things going for us sure....

But this is bad, real bad.

 

Weird as hell to basically see "yay get excited Yao, Battier, and McGrady will be expiring how awesome"

weird

 

Hey Raven - good points in a very tough time. If Yao's gone forever that would be just awful. But we aren't fans just b/c Yao (at least I'm not), so we will bounce back at some point!

 

We should try to package a signed artest and battier to a team for their 1st and some prospects.

Maybe Portland

artest
battier
for
fernandez
Batum
bayless
1st

 

good points. we have proven we are at least a playoff team even without Yao. rebuilding should only take 2-3 years until we're contenders again. hell we're even contenders without Yao i think. Just need a rebounder and we're good to go.

 

What i've been wondering is how come we havent heard Yao talk about this whether its from a chinese article or one from here. All we can go by is reports by the third person.

 

without Yao and tracy, our team is practically gutted.

There is nothing rosy about being rebooted into the beginning of the Francis/Mobley era wiithout having Francis and Mobley.

 

if we're really looking to rebuild and get some help from a contender, we should (and it sickens me to write this) see what Utah might want in exchange for the Knicks unprotected 1st rounder in 2010 that Utah owns and maybe someone like Brewer.

 

In retrospect, the without Francis and Mobley part probably does make it somewhat rosy. Call me a hater, but it wasn't just that they lost back then, it was how they played and lost that was so painful.

Who's reporting that? I've seen some mocks...doesn't look amazing or anything?

 

It's going to take at least 4 to 5 plus years to rebuild back to being a contender...

Are we willing to wait that long or do we not have a choice???

 

les will only be willing to buy picks as long as the yao cash cow continues to produce.

 

So if Yao really does miss most of next season, that means he probably stays another year. That puts quite a hamper on our ability to sign a big-time player next offseason.

 

Believe me, by the end of their tenure here I was as fed up with them as anyone.

But think about it. Really think about it. Are you really trying to tell me that watching a team led by the Pippen trade rejects + Shandon Anderson + Mo Taylor+ other junk would have been fun times?

Without Yao, Tracy, and soon to be Ron most likely, our squad isn't that far away from that.

 

Not really. Two examples, the Celtics before and after they acquired Allen and KG and the Spurs before and after they drafted TD.

 

Without Yao this team won't win 30 games

mark it

 

I thought for sure Yao is a free agent after next season....?

If so, I hate to say it, but you have to let him walk. Now, this gives us tons of money free after this season. We could even make a play at Lebron if we wanted. Doubtful, but I bet we can sign an all-star free agent.

On top of that, if we can somehow still land Rubio, we could lure a top-flight free agent here easier, I think.


I don't think rebuilding will be all that bad....


Like others said, Yao's missed a lot and we've still won without him.

All we need is a top-tier point guard, and a decent center. You could easily turn this team into more of a running team.


I really think in the NBA, though, you either need a top-tier center, or a top-tier point guard (Kobe is an exception). I think Morey agrees with this, and because he knew the end was near with Yao, he is going balls to the wall for Rubio.