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Good news: They said Russ actually has 14 technicals so he won't be suspended.
Bad news: It won't matter whether he plays or not, the team is playing like trash.
Don't know if I want to watch anymore games until Victor returns. Just awful...

Oh and Norris Cole effin sucks. Send his azz back to China.

Whole team is Garbagio. Not looking forward to this next stretch.

Not voting. We don't have the time or assets to build around Russ. I've been on the fence about it all season. It's official.

Knrstz wrote:Not voting. We don't have the time or assets to build around Russ. I've been on the fence about it all season. It's official.

On the flip side, if this keeps happening then maybe we'll put everybody on the block so we can build an actual team. We have like 6 guys playing that you hope develop into something, most teams don't have that many on their roster. At least those pieces are movable, trade them all and get vets that maybe aren't great players but are at least ready to play. There's no harm in mortgaging the future when there is no future.

Oh and there's time. Not even getting into it now, but I enjoy a team that can consistently win games. I'd rather be a Grizz fan the last 5 years than a Bucks fan.

spearsy23 wrote:

Knrstz wrote:Not voting. We don't have the time or assets to build around Russ. I've been on the fence about it all season. It's official.

On the flip side, if this keeps happening then maybe we'll put everybody on the block so we can build an actual team. We have like 6 guys playing that you hope develop into something, most teams don't have that many on their roster. At least those pieces are movable, trade them all and get vets that maybe aren't great players but are at least ready to play. There's no harm in mortgaging the future when there is no future.

Something that pisses me off is that we have so many roster spots spent on either similar players that contribute nothing offensively, or contribute nothing at all.

It's arguably redundant to have both Roberson and Grant on a roster. But Roberson, Grant and Huestis?

Singler and Semaj contribute nothing on either end. And giving Singler a 5 year deal...

Collison is a roster spot used on a guy for his veteran leadership. I get that. Don't mind using one roster spot on him. But it's when you combine it with the five roster spots spent on Roberson, Grant, Huestis, Semaj and Singler...How many roster spots are we going to use on guys that contribute nothing offensively, or nothing at all? Why is it so many? Why can't we use roster spots on guys that can reliably help Russ?

InTheSabonus wrote:

spearsy23 wrote:

Knrstz wrote:Not voting. We don't have the time or assets to build around Russ. I've been on the fence about it all season. It's official.

On the flip side, if this keeps happening then maybe we'll put everybody on the block so we can build an actual team. We have like 6 guys playing that you hope develop into something, most teams don't have that many on their roster. At least those pieces are movable, trade them all and get vets that maybe aren't great players but are at least ready to play. There's no harm in mortgaging the future when there is no future.

Something that pisses me off is that we have so many roster spots spent on either similar players that contribute nothing offensively, or contribute nothing at all.

It's arguably redundant to have both Roberson and Grant on a roster. But Roberson, Grant and Huestis?

Singler and Semaj contribute nothing on either end. And giving Singler a 5 year deal...

Collison is a roster spot used on a guy for his veteran leadership. I get that. Don't mind using one roster spot on him. But it's when you combine it with the five roster spots spent on Roberson, Grant, Huestis, Semaj and Singler...How many roster spots are we going to use on guys that contribute nothing offensively, or nothing at all? Why is it so many? Why can't we use roster spots on guys that can reliably help Russ?

I want to say something positive tonight before I go to bed.

Your username is possibly my favorite on RealGM.

As a guy noted in the main game thread, what this team seriously lacks is toughness which has vaporized from the team the moment Adams decided to slow down a bit. Maybe he has some kind of injury that he does not want to aggravate idk but the lack of toughness and defensive leadership will kill them. That's why I still don't understand why Presti traded Ersan who ticks all the boxes for OKC's obivous needs atm. He was the leader in taking charges and I don't remember any more player (maybe Perk) that sets more screens all throughout the game. He even had a decent 3-pt shooting. Why Presti, why?

Just embarassing.

On the other news:
- Jazz barely won against Boogie-less Sacramento (they also seem to be slumping)
- Miami continues to roll over east side after an embarrassing loss to Orlando (D-Wait hit 40% 3-pt and.. 20% 2-pts)
- Pels won against LA Lamers and it seems the sickness of Asik was not Gentrynitis but rather Gastrogentrytis. He caught some bacteria during his Mexico visit! I wonder if it was tacos..
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/3/1/14783870/ty-lawson-has-gastroenteritis-asked-instagram-for-a-bomb-taco-spot