Frank Lee wrote:Dont misunderstand my nostradamic viewpoint.... I really do not endorse any move at the moment... at least have not seen any that are realistic and beneficial. I will amend the most recent McD? to McDoNothingRightNowandFrankUnderstands....
Sorry JC.... but the carpenter doesn't get all the blame for this home. The architect has been violating the building codes with this 2 and 3 pg concept. Hopefully, with the emergence of theBOOKER, they both will be forced to follow a more conventional path.
Much better Mcdism, Frank. But really, Frank, McD is not pressured now to make any move, and neither is any other team. My point was really, there are about 9-10 games left (not 14 as I previously spoke, as I forgot to take the All-Star break into account) for each team before the Trade Deadline, right? And again, a team's fortunes can change a lot in that time. In the East, there are 8 teams with records within 2 games of each other. Why would a single one of those teams make a big trade at this point? Possibly, to break out of the logjam? Maybe, but what happens if you trade away your #2 PG for Kieff (as an example, only), then the next game, your #1 PG gets injured, out for the year? Then a GM is left scrambling to fix the situation, now with less assets to bargain with.
Does this make sense to anyone? Or am I off my rocker, here?
The way I see it, McD and Horny, secretly, have resigned themselves to a lost season, and are looking long-term. Keep Kieff until such time as a playoff contender comes calling on 17 Feb, asking, 'What do you want for Kieff'? McD is then in a much better bargaining position than he is now. Other GMs aren't stupid either, and are likely lowballing at this point, seeing if McD will bite based upon public pressure/locker room issues, etc. They will come back in 3 weeks with better offers--guaranteed.
I know you are not a McD fan, Frank, but look back in history over the past 20 years. Compare McD's moves to other GM's, and I think you'll find that McD has fared pretty well, overall. He's made mistakes, yes, but as I've clamored for over, and over, and over again. McD and Horny should be given more than 2.5 years to fix the mess left in their laps. I personally do not feel like waiting ANOTHER 3-4 years to break in ANOTHER GM and HC.
Finish the season, go through the draft/FA, take a healthy, non-Kieff-tainted roster into the '16-'17 season and give them until mid-season next year. If the Suns are not looking like contenders, then fine, fire them both, find new replacements in time for the new GM to wheel-n-deal before the trade deadline, and go from there. If I were Sarver, that is how I would look at it, ESPECIALLY since fans are excited about Booker; excited fans BUY tickets. And guess what, everybody, Booker is product of McD and Horny...
...so there's your ONE thing Horny has done right,
Booker for 3, he developed a raw, 18 YO rookie into an almost overnight sensation. Prove me wrong,
Booker for 3, because Booker has improved as the season as progressed, even as the team as imploded. He's also developed Goodwin into, at worst, a #2 Guard by age 21. Goodwin was **** as a rookie, and has been developed by Horny quite well, overall. I'm sure you'll try to sluff it off as not being proof enough, as you did with what Popovich said:
There are not too many of us who are that smart. I would say everybody was a little surprised awhile back because of so many new players and putting them together and a new coach and a new system. It takes time, but he’s done and they’ve done it more quickly than most.
He understands what it takes at the highest level to win, and he’ll demand it. He’ll be disciplined, and he’ll do it fairly and that engenders respect ... and you can tell they don’t disrespect him and they’re having fun playing.
...yeah, I'll take the opinion of a multi-COY winner over a whining, crying, fan all day, everyday. Unless, of course, you ARE Popovich, or another multi-COY winner in the NBA...no? That's what I thought, Mr. I'm-smarter-than-every-other-fan-on-this-forum...ooh, look, I can use emoticons as well!
