Cowology wrote:
Other than people questioning his overall decision making ability, what specifically makes you think he's going to hand out a LaVine type deal? The money spent on Wiseman/Bagley/Stew combined was kinda atrocious, but nothing crippling or honestly all that bad compared to most other teams. We're still flexible. If anything the Joe Harris type deals show he's had an aversion to spending poorly and he's been overly cautious with any long-term cap implications. He even came off Hayes/Bey shortly before their rookie contracts expired.
He could make a poor decision, but I don't think we've seen anything in FA signing history to make me think this is an automatic L. He's clearly been planning and prepping for... something. Maybe it was a mandate. Maybe he's just leaving room for future extensions. Maybe he's going to make an actual splash in FA and push the team forward. I really don't know, but I don't have any reason to think he's automatically going to go out and blow it. If anything I think it more likely we continue to do nothing.
Desperation does funny things to people.
There was a clear directive to rebuild the last 3 seasons so there was zero pressure on Weaver to make a big splash. I don't know what Gores is thinking but knowing the type of man I think he is, I'd wager a guess that he's getting very impatient behind the scenes and is going to push for a big move to expedite the process. We already saw this coming into play when he stepped over Weaver to put the full court press on for Monty.
I can only imagine, after the arguably the worst season in Pistons history, that the impatience has ratcheted up tenfold this offseason. There's no way that Weaver or whoever is in charge is going to largely sit on that cap space this offseason. I don't know if it'll be LaVine but a big ticket contract is almost assuredly being brought in.
