Re: The Amazingly Sucky Theodore Leonsis Thread
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:06 pm
Wall is independent of EG. He was the consensus #1 draft pick in 2010. Nene is 30, already tore one of his ACLs, and has a ton of mileage. He's not a piece moving forward but rather a useful vet placeholder.
What EG has brought to the table as "pieces" are a ton of tweeners who can't score the basketball. There are bright spots like Singleton being a good bench player, Booker being better than expected, and signing Webster. However there are also strikeouts like the Okariza trade, Vesely, and imo missing out on Harden.
The biggest offense is the lack of a plan. It's like EG just went to the flea market and cherry picked some stuff. Yes, some things may be of surprising value that you can hawk at antiques road show but you can't decorate your house like that. You need a theme. A plan. The knick knacks like Singleton and Booker are for after you get some furniture and we ain't no furniture. When someone offers you Harden - a 22 year old that's been to the finals already? You take him. When you have the chance to sign Anderson - a 24 year old prototype of the modern stretch 4, you take it. You don't trade for broken down 30 year old F/C coming off an injury especially since you already have another 30 year old F/C coming off an injury and you don't trade for a 27 year old sf who shot below 40% from the field 2 of the past 3 seasons especially since your team has already proven to be a pretty bad offensive team. Drafting Santoransky. What's the plan?
For a team that's had 2 #1 overall picks within 10 years we have remained crap. Look at the other laughing stock teams from the early 2000's. The bulls, clippers, and nets. Look at them now. Hell, even look at the "small market" teams. Golden State, Vancouver/Memphis, Cleveland. Look at the freakin Bobcats.
EG defenders may hang their hat on the Arenas years but just stop and use hindsight on those "good" years. We topped out as a 45 win team and lost to the Heat in the 2nd round. Traded for Butler. Drafted Blatche. Became a 42 win team. Lost to the cavs in the 1st round. Drafted OPec and Veeremenko. Signed Stevenson. Became a 41 win team. Got swept by the Cavs. Drafted Nick Young and DMac. Became a 43 win team. Lost to the Cavs. Drafted McGee. Then won 19, 26, 23, and 20 games respectively. That's 4 years of .500 ball and sneaking into the playoffs followed by 4 (going on 5) rebuilding years.
Is it a curse? Is it in competency? It's definitely incredibly depressing.
What EG has brought to the table as "pieces" are a ton of tweeners who can't score the basketball. There are bright spots like Singleton being a good bench player, Booker being better than expected, and signing Webster. However there are also strikeouts like the Okariza trade, Vesely, and imo missing out on Harden.
The biggest offense is the lack of a plan. It's like EG just went to the flea market and cherry picked some stuff. Yes, some things may be of surprising value that you can hawk at antiques road show but you can't decorate your house like that. You need a theme. A plan. The knick knacks like Singleton and Booker are for after you get some furniture and we ain't no furniture. When someone offers you Harden - a 22 year old that's been to the finals already? You take him. When you have the chance to sign Anderson - a 24 year old prototype of the modern stretch 4, you take it. You don't trade for broken down 30 year old F/C coming off an injury especially since you already have another 30 year old F/C coming off an injury and you don't trade for a 27 year old sf who shot below 40% from the field 2 of the past 3 seasons especially since your team has already proven to be a pretty bad offensive team. Drafting Santoransky. What's the plan?
For a team that's had 2 #1 overall picks within 10 years we have remained crap. Look at the other laughing stock teams from the early 2000's. The bulls, clippers, and nets. Look at them now. Hell, even look at the "small market" teams. Golden State, Vancouver/Memphis, Cleveland. Look at the freakin Bobcats.
EG defenders may hang their hat on the Arenas years but just stop and use hindsight on those "good" years. We topped out as a 45 win team and lost to the Heat in the 2nd round. Traded for Butler. Drafted Blatche. Became a 42 win team. Lost to the cavs in the 1st round. Drafted OPec and Veeremenko. Signed Stevenson. Became a 41 win team. Got swept by the Cavs. Drafted Nick Young and DMac. Became a 43 win team. Lost to the Cavs. Drafted McGee. Then won 19, 26, 23, and 20 games respectively. That's 4 years of .500 ball and sneaking into the playoffs followed by 4 (going on 5) rebuilding years.
Is it a curse? Is it in competency? It's definitely incredibly depressing.