Xatticus wrote:MagicMatic wrote:Skin wrote:It's because they seem to think that we are closer to becoming contenders if we surround Vuc with a better supporting cast.
Just to play devil's advocate against myself, sometimes I'll try to see if from that standpoint... but it's really hard to see a hopeful path. He needs to be surrounded by stars. Not developmental players. Honestly, we'd be better off with Carmelo than Isaac and John Wall than say Darius Garland... and even then, it's not enough.
Yeah. If people are realistic in thinking Vuc would be a third option on an actual contender, why then would they assume that he’s capable of carrying this roster any further than he has? Just seems like the biggest treadmill move to resign him with role players. Where else is the talent coming from? Luck in the draft?
This is the problem. The tribalists around here are busy throwing up their "Mission Accomplished" banners, but we are still putting a dreadful product on the floor and we don't have a realistic means forward that relies on anything but wishful thinking. This franchise seems to have a fear of falling backward, though there really isn't far to fall from where we are. The only teams below us in the standings abandoned any notion of competing before the season began.
Truth!