mhectorgato wrote:Depends on your definition of doomed.
If we were Knicks or the Hawks, when there's been no progress year after year, despites attempts year after year ... then yes.
But we're ok as a team, atm 12 games over 500, with the early season schedule we had that's not too bad.
Otis did make a good move with the Ariza trade - getting 2 players who are seeing floor time for 1.
However we missed an important opportunity to use assets we had to improve the team when our upcoming options will be limited. Two of the reported reasons were Otis' refusal to trade JJ and the 1st pick.
That to me is incomprehensible, JJ more so.
The kid has seen virtually 0 playing time in 2 seasons with us. Seems to me that a trade with him would almost serve to validate the drafting of him, as other teams were interested in acquiring him.
He was an asset that we were not utilizing on court, so the only other way he became valuable to us would be through trades.
I'm not on the "bum needs to be fired" bandwagon, yet. He's done some good things.
But it certainly seems like we wasted a big opportunity to make an improvement to the team, as we had 2 things that teams were looking for - young talent and expiring contracts.
Now we look to the off-season for improvements. We'll just have the draft - low first rounder, MLE & LLE. As far as trades go, I don't know who we'd trade (other than a S&T for our expirings), because we're not trading Hedo, Jameer or JJ.
I've not lost complete hope for us to be a contender, just the possibility - in my mind - has lessened.
x2, no need to say it twice.