Swish77 wrote:daoneandonly wrote:Swish77 wrote:
Pick swap? I'm not worried about. MLE for GW that's normal these days. Reggie Bullock is the last thing I'm worried about. Every GM in the NBA misses on signings. JG resigning isnt a bad deal its pretty cheap in nba deals and very tradeable. He didnt over pay for PJ. I can name 5 things Nico has done to improve the franchise. But lets just talk about the things he's missed on.
Look Im loving what this team is doing right now, its a joy to watch and follow. But we cant just ignore the mistakes he made, we dont have much assets to improve because he ran through them. Its not being a bad fan to call it out, those mistakes put us in a bit of a hole.
The KP trade to Washington was terrible and atrocious, we took on Bertans and still gave up a 2nd in that swap.
Brunson fiasco
Unprotected pick swap for Grant WIlliams
Kidd over Mosley (dont remember who came first, Kidd or Nico)
Now some of this hinges on if Omax develops. If he does, great, Nico deserves credit for that find. If he doesn't, then we could have just absorbed Grant Williams instead of trading a pick swap as we wouldnt have had Holmes. Then we could have probably traded GWIll and the pick swap to OKC (their first to Wiz) for Gafford and Josh Green for Cha without giving up the 2027 pick. All conjecture, but I'm not going to praise Nico quite yet when he's made plenty of mistakes.
Hold up! Bertans got us Lively?!?!!? Coaching hire Mosley was already gone the year before. Rick was still our HC when Mosley took the Magic job. Brunson thing yeah they missed it but Luka wouldnt be the player he is today Neither would be JB if he was still here it was a win win for both sides. Really seems like your reaching for things to complain about tbh.
No the job was vacant when Mosley accepted the Orl job, he wanted to be here, Luka wanted him. Rick was being petty and endorsed Kidd because Luka liked Jamal better.
Bertans didnt get us Lively, we were in a position to get Lively regardless, it was a smart move by Nico to unload the contract to move down and get their guy. But wouldnt have need it if we didnt take it on in the first place.