Post#442 » by LUKE23 » Tue Feb 1, 2011 8:24 pm
I wasn't even really bumping it to say we should do bag night two, I think Hammond should get five years to put a contender out there, but just more reading the thread and realizing the discussion hasn't changed much. It did change last year, because there was light at the end of the tunnel.
But in 2007-08, we had $40.4M going to Redd, Mo, Simmons, Gadzuric, and Bell. In 2010-11, we have $41.7M going to Redd, Salmons, Maggette, and Gooden. Sure, you can argue the second bunch is more talented, but it's not by a landslide amount, and it surely doesn't contain any difference makers. And the length of the contracts are eerily similar. On top of that, we have added Jennings, but how much higher is his perceived ceiling than Sessions was in 2007-08? It's not like he's playing any better now than Sessions was at his peak either.
The team is better now, primarily because of Skiles defensive ability as a coach, but it is still bad on one end of the floor, still has nobody better than Bogut, and still has a good amount of bad contracts.