DrugBust wrote:The problem I have with this year's team is that the talent on the team in key positions is mostly maxed out. Redd and RJ aren't getting any better, and they're without a doubt our best players. In terms of the future, is there are worse 1a and 1b in the league? This team's ceiling is .500 and that's if they're very lucky. At least a team like OK City can point to Durant, Green and Westbrook and see that better days are ahead. What are the Bucks looking forward to? Bogut turning into Duncan? Sessions becoming Magic Johnson?
I think most teams want to either have one of two things, either core that can contend right now or a young group of talent that can win games in a few years. The Bucks have neither. They're right in the middle, just like they've been for the last half-dozen seasons.
They got the right kind of personnel man, hired the right kind of coach, brought in the right kind of players and got rid of the wrong kind. Lets see if this leads to wins or if that's all complete bull. My money is on the latter.
The problem you have here is only due to your lack of vision . Is it possible that you simply could be wrong in your assesment that our younger talent will never grow into something better ? I mean are you even willing to acknowledge that maybe youre not exactaly right about the upsides of Bogut , sessions , alexander ...and even ridnour / amoute ?
Even redd to a lesser extent , its not unheard of for a player in the prime of his carrer to make adjustments to his game and become a far better / more efficent player . I hated Ray Allen when he was a buck , i thought his shot selection was terrible and his defense . He transformed his game a bit in seattle and with the celtics completly bought into team concepts . Its 100% possible that Redd could make some adjustments to his game , pass a bit more and play some defense and suddely our team is improved conciderably . It happens quite often , players do change . Especially under new coaches . We saw our big 3 change .
Point being is you have these ideas about who our players are , and these ideas are extremely rigid and simply not realistic at all . This entire roster has room to grow . No one is predisposed to not improving their game at all due to any factor . You claim age is a hinderance to growth , when in all truth , its precisley the exact opposite . The maturity that comes with age transforms itself onto the basketball court and you see it time and time again with nba players . Thinkgs like patience , poise , awarness , confidence , all come with age naturaly . Redd hasnt shown any of these traits , as he gets older its bound to come out of him more and more as he matures .
