RexBoyWonder wrote:I do believe The "gambles" we took on getting KD and D.Mitchell were justified - They would've been great here.
We couldn't get it done which is disappointing, but chit happens.
What ISN'T justified are the HORIBBLE contracts we gave Lowry and Duncan - they're crippling us big time and those were a self inflicting wound.
HUGE mistakes by the front office - and both looked super suspect before they were signed. No reason a smart front office gives those contracts, they were clearly very likely to become very toxic very fast.
They did it to themselves with those moves.
Now I'm not sure there' a way to fix this chit roster around Bam and Jimmy, Really not sure it's possible.
Can't understand continued criticism of our front office for going all in on KD & Mitchell. Spida balling in Cle too - imagine him here. It's a damn shame.
I can understand the contracts we gave Lowry & Duncan. I'm certain many other organisations wld have done the same. Players get paid too much, too early now days why are we surprised an NBA champion/elite PG, even at his age, isnt going to get paid! What we didn't anticipate was his lack of hunger & commitment to his fitness, game & chase for another title. Duncan was also shooting out of his mind - in a shooters league where shooters are highly sort after no surprise we paid him. 99% of teams wld've done the same. What we didn't anticipate was Duncan suddenly losing his nuts.
It is what it is w/ our decisions. Out of the entire league we've been one of the most successful franchises who have consistently made better decisions than most. Just way too many spoilt fans, arm-chair coaches & wanna be general managers/directors that think this is instant-rings....like we just pour water & we get titles over night. We're going to make mistakes just like we're going to lose along the way. Trade machines have reg cats think they're fit to run a million dollar oragnisation.
I ride w/ our Coach, FO, players. Again it's not about rings solely for me. It's the process. I'm still enjoying our season. We have 3 championship banners on our rafters (almost half the league has zero) that let's me know we can do this again. But it's not going to be every season, every year.