76ciology wrote:TTP wrote:76ciology wrote:I’d rather have a GM who wastes assets but knows basketball by adding the winning players that leads to a winning team than a GM who can get me assets but does not know basketball and ends up just wasting these assets when they’re asked to turn these paper assets into actual talent.
So you're saying you prefer Brand over Colangelo?
Yes. Brand built a championship caliber squad for two seasons with this very flawed franchise duos. One of which is only in paper.
He also brought in the second, third and fifth best players in the process era namely Jimmy, Tobi and Al.
Al is overpaid, im not denying that and ideally he should have signed someone cheaper. But he is essential if you want to max out Ben as a player or as an asset, and numbers of our line-ups without Biid would show it worked.
But Brand’s biggest mistake was not re-signing JJ or finding a replacement for JJ.
Brand overestimated Josh Richardson. Then by the mid season when it’s not looking good, he did a good job getting us Burks and GRob.
Im not a big fan of BC. I just think we should be giving him credit for the good that he has done like signing Jj. JJ is a “breakthrough” of the Ben and Biid duo. The reason that duo works is because of the JJ archetype which Morey replicates with Seth. He may not be an allstar but his impact is certainly an allstar. He was the guy who’s leading in scoring on most nights behind Embiid. He was the guy we go to when we need scoring in the playoffs for a couple of playoff seasons.
Im not saying Brand is perfect or Hinkie is horrible. I just think all have their own positive and negative contributions that has lead us to where we are now. Nobody is blameless.
Assuming you're defining the Process era as since Hinkie took over in 2013, Horford definitely wasn't our fifth best player. Fifth most expensive maybe. His lineups without Embiid were positive but nothing special - overall he had a really mediocre season and there's plenty of other guys here that have been better.
Brand's biggest mistake for sure was going all in on Tobias Harris as his third star, and paying for the privilege of overpaying Harris. Harris has never been a top 30 player in the NBA - you need to commit to someone better than that around two young, blossoming stars and there are plenty of players in a similar tier to Harris that would have been acquirable and fit better. When Harris turned down the 80 mil extension the Clippers offered, I remember thinking that I did not want to be the team that was going to top that offer.
Butler was a worse fit on paper, but he's been a top 20 player for most of his career, often fringe top 10, and his best season, 2016-17 may have been a top 5 season. It's difficult to acquire that level of talent, and to let it slip away while committing to an inferior talent in Harris was a poor decision.