Silver Man wrote:benchmobbin02 wrote:Silver Man wrote:If Vlade and Vivek are all about changing the culture like they say they are, then we have to immediately cut Lawson.
With that being said I hope Lawson gets the help he needs.
Should they cut Collison too?
I think the culture reference was more about being a positive on the court and in the locker room. DMC never had any issues off the court.
What I am saying is if Vivek and Vlade are going to go on record saying character and culture matters then practice what you preach. If Lawson violates his probation after getting a chance no other team would give him then he needs to be cut. Otherwise what they "preached" loses all validation.
Collison was also a one time deal and served a suspension. Barnes, and Lawson are repeat offenders.
That makes sense.
I think it's somewhat separate and deeper than that tho.
First, thing is Vlade never mentioned character when talking about the trade of DMC or waiving of Barnes iirc. When referencing the Cousins deal he brings up culture change. In that comment he also specifically mentioned that Lawson had been good for the team. I'm assuming here that he meant on the court and in the locker room strictly because that is the vibe I get. I could be wrong about that aspect.
Here is the whole quote from the SacBee interview:
Q: Why waive Matt Barnes? Was this because he was no longer needed to police DeMarcus? Or a response to many in your organization who wanted Barnes waived after his altercation in the New York nightclub?
A: Ailene, I want to build a culture, and he didn’t fit in my culture. Before we were just talking, preaching. But if we’re going to do it, you do it. The good thing about our situation now is that we have some very nice assets, a few more shooting guards, and time to take a look at Willie (Cauley-Stein), Skal (Labissiere) and Malachi (Richardson) when he gets healthy, and Georgios Papagiannis. Ty Lawson has been very good for us, and Darren (Collison) is playing well, and he will be a free agent. Kosta (Koufas) has been good. We have (Bogdan) Bogdanovic coming over next season as another asset.
Read more here:
http://www.sacbee.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/ailene-voisin/article135024309.html#storylink=cpy
So maybe you're right and he doesn't fit in Vlade's culture anymore. But it's also possible that Lawson has a problem that the team is willing to work with him on because they value what he brings to the culture more than what his problem takes away.
We found out that wasn't the case with Barnes and of course DMC but we have yet to see if that is the case with Lawson. Depending on the actual offense, I don't know that it would warrant a cut IMO.
