NatP4 wrote:DCZards wrote:NatP4 wrote:They went 15-12 without Wall. That’s a 45 win playoff team in the east pace. (Without having a backup point guard) in the toughest stretch of the schedule.
What you are saying does not make any sense whatsoever
TBH, that "tough schedule" turned out to be not all that tough because 3-4 of the best teams were without their top player(s).
The Zards have been lousy the last month or so without Wall. Last season, with a healthy Wall (and a terrible bench) they won 49 games and advanced to within one game of the ECF.
Connect the dots.
so what you're saying is, with a "healthy" Wall, instead of no backup PG at all, in the best season of his career, 49 wins, the team with no Wall and no backup PG playing the toughest stretch of their schedule, and clearly tanked to avoid Cleveland, was on a 45 win pace.
what dots am I supposed to be connecting here? by the way, they still have a terrible bench this year and it was even worse without Wall.
With no backup PG worth a damn, above league average Beal that actually plays more than 60 games for the first time ever, Kelly Oubre who was barely a rotation player (though his month long rut has been so bad his '18 stats are quickly diving close to that), Mahinmi only playing 31 games...and yea, 49 wins. So basically if that version of Wall actually aligns to a roster halfway worth anything, he should have been the best player on a 50+ win team pretty easily.
With that said, I think both sides are guilty of gassing up their argument to an extent. Wall is perhaps not as critical to this teams future as one would think, and by the same token--no, Satoransky and Otto Porter are not good enough players to lead this team to anything meaningful either.
What we all need is a competent team put together that we're not all screaming about prior to the season starting, that actually stays healthy, and isn't subject to the worst rotations ever. As bad as this season has been, I think there's something we can build on, so long as tax ramifications don't force us into the dirt prematurely.
Getting a new GM would really really help. I think Oubre's stock is going to be in the trashbin by this time next year if he doesn't turn his numbers up in a big way. As brilliant as his flashes are at times, you have to have a number you're not willing to go beyond for him if he doesn't show more, and right now that number is really close to the MLE.