mpharris36 wrote:Buzzard wrote:Capn'O wrote:
The first couple of years I tried to do it as GM but as coach I was like Thibs.
I don't have it in me to be non competitive. I always think I am one or two moves away. That is more like 10 or more moves by the end of the seasonBut you get my point. I think I can always be competitive.
You were blessed with probably the most attractive roster out of all the open teams so its easier to go the route you did while also remaining one of the top teams. Even though you felt the pieces may not have all worked together guys like KAT and Spida still have major value in the league and you were able to acquire the pieces you wanted in return and still have 2 of the top players in the sport.
Some guys as dagawd pointed out took over really tough situations. Limited assets/desirable contracts that teams may want and lack of draft capital to make a trade.
In my 3rd year made the playoffs one year and missed it another year prior and I was in a conundrum where AD was my best player but I saw the other teams in the West were just better and I simply maxed out as a 1st round exit team. So I traded him for a huge return of future assets and bad contracts to even extract more talent with the plan it would take 2 years to get me back. I bottomed out in year 3. But with a mostly rookie starting lineup I made the playoffs last year (year 4) and made a few key trades (Robert Williams/Bogan mid year to give me extra depth). And now with all that cap space opened up from AD trade I was able to trade for Curry and give the team acquiring him over $300 in cap space.
I agree it is def difficult to be non-competitive but sometimes rosters just demand at least a retool to build up your asset base to be competitive in a year or two.
hey, don't forget me. i had jimmy butler, and ****. no real picks, either. think i was left with 1 FRP, which had like 87 different stipulations to it, and maybe 2 SRPs
