Mik317 wrote:well maybe not Ben lol
But Iggy didn't get his due respect until he was gone. Someone last week said we should have never traded Jrue and built around him.
I am not saying Jo is perfect and we should just allow him to be a big child and be happy with our second round exits and shut up but I don't think people grasp how difficult it is to get actual gamechanging talent, flaws and all. I have been watching this team since about 2000... I think there have been about 5-6 50 win seasons in which we thought we had a legit chance of winning it all. 4-5 of those were Biid led seasons. I remember hoping that Thad Young (my dawg man) would suddenly learn how to dribble and become the T-Mac I lied to myself he'd be lol.
I do think it may just be time to move on mind you. I think we just ran out of moves to make due to all of the past mistakes and the reality of the bigman especially one with all of the lower body injuries Biid has isn't kind. BUT I am not exactly excited about it because while yeah its cool that we got Maxey and McCain and all that....this is still the franchise that basically wasted all of their lottery picks sans Biid.
You can’t live in fear. It’s like staying with your wife who’s cheating on you just because she’s beautiful and you don’t think you can do any better.
In this case, she’s cheated about 5 times and it’s about time to move on with some dignity left. You mention having these “chances”, but what has that turned in to exactly? All it’s lead to is extreme disappointment and pain. Sure, you’ll miss being able to pound your chest after a 70 point game for 24 hours or a dominating performance against Joker. Then in 2 months, what? It’s not like we keep getting bounced out of the ECF, then I could maybe see holding on for the potential of a breakthrough.
The guy is perpetually hurt and seems to be a dog on top of it. I say it was fun while it lasted, good riddance. It wasn’t the end of the world when we traded AI either.
