The Other Ankle wrote:Blue_and_Whte wrote:OrlandO wrote:I could be wrong, but usually players in his position don't say stuff like that this quick. Maybe if they're on a contender or they've had some time to gel with teammates with some games under their belt, but this soon on an unproven team? Interesting... hope he's being genuine!
Its still a legitimate concern that people have the right to express. Ibaka saying the right things during media day doesn't change anything for me. Until he puts pen to paper he's just a one year rental.
The possibility that should only be considered PRESUMING extreme negligence and ineptitude of management. Instead, it has generally been thrown about to PROPOSE extreme negligence and ineptitude of management by those who lean that way.
All indications have always been that Serge and Rob have a longstanding relationship that made for a high comfort level trading for him. Expressing this "concern" seems a bit peevish at best, and seems to reflect other postures much more so than the actual possibility of Serge leaving.
A MUCH more likely scenario is that Ibaka becomes a lead-by-example cornerstone of the club in his first year, cooperatively sits on his cap hold before getting paid, and helps to recruit while the Magic go after another big free agent next Summer. These are things that would help us as a team, would be consistent with management being at least reasonable at their jobs, AND are more likely to actually occur.
So as a FAN, that's what I'm expressing!
Congratulations, your whole post seems peevish because you want everyone to put on blinders and pretend the move wasn't risky least of all talk about it.
You don't know what's more likely to occur because you aren't clairvoyant and there isn't a "more likely to actually occur" scenario. The concern isn't peevish, its legitimate and it has nothing to do with other postures. It has to do with the fact that he'll reach a status we call UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT which means, there's just as much a chance of him leaving as there is of him staying.
I'm not accusing management of extreme negligence and ineptitude, matter of fact I've been one of Hennigans biggest supporters and I'm sure they performed as much due diligence prior to the trade as possible. That said, Unless they've mastered the art of mind control he could just as easily go elsewhere regardless of the dialogue he had with them prior to the trade if the right opportunity presents itself.
I like that they finally took a risk with Ibaka (and Biyombo for that matter) but I also understand that the whole thing could blow up in our face. Its naïve to believe the words of a player on the verge of free agency when he gives a canned, fan friendly answer at media day and I refuse to pretend everything is cherry blossoms and rainbows. I hope your best case scenario is actually what happens.
It's true though. Let's see he does this season, before calling for his head.
