MrDollarBills wrote:therealbig3 wrote:Why are you guys so happy that two of our best players from last year (Pierce and KG) are going to leave? Do you not understand we're on the verge of giving up a lottery pick to the Hawks unless we make the playoffs?
KG was our best defender and rebounder, and Pierce was our 2nd best overall player. They're not easily replaced.
Both of those players are washed up.
I am more upset that the Nets wasted several draft picks to just bring them in for one season than I am about them leaving.
You guys seriously overvalue them when they both were on a serious decline. We can pull up several game threads where the same people stating that this is terrible were calling Pierce a god awful turnover machine and KG horrible for how he couldn't even finish around the rim and bricked a ton of jumpers
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stop romanticizing them please...they weren't that great. King should be fired though.
You are right people should not romanticize the players. But you know what else we shouldn't romanticize? Late first round picks like they are all potential unwrapped nuggets of gold instead of the busts 90% of them are.
Teams have to make decisions not on potential but on team direction. Are you a buyer or a seller? Trading two #3 picks for a supposed superstar made us buyers for the few years to follow. I am not advocating that all picks are worthless. I am saying that during a buying window...A win now focus is what you should want from your team. Giving up a couple of low picks so far is the big drama???
Compare that to Magic fans losing Dwight. Drafting Oden instead of Durant. Darko Milicic over several great players or watching your team decide 4 mil more for Harden is too much. And i have read countless times on this board how some of the Gms of those moves are geniuses.
We gave up late picks to try and complete the gaps and our team spent more money than any other in history to try and go for broke. Boo hoo to the picks. Hopefully the last one won't be a killer. But for now...as far as the trade with Boston? Let's try a little perspective. Salary cutting this season sucks but the trade was still the right move at the time.