whitehops wrote:i will say that weaver did a great job turning over the roster in his first two seasons here. he's also done a terrific job with draft-day trades, netting us three extra first round picks in his three drafts only at the expense of our heavily protected first rounder and the 2025 bucks first round pick. he's also done a great job of building a hard-working culture with guys who want to play in detroit.
but the next year or two is probably the most important to the rebuild (the building up after the tear down) and i have some concerns about weaver in this stage based on some of the moves he's made so far.
he's routinely acquired young players that were previous busts and there's one thing they all have in common - they have low bball IQ/awareness. dennis smith jr., jahlil okafor, josh jackson, frank jackson, hamidou diallo, marvin bagley and most recently kevin knox. low bball IQ/awareness players very rarely find success in the league and it's a big reason they bust in the first place. weaver continuingly making an effort to obtain players like that concerns me a bit. signing bagley to three years isn't just a low-risk flyer like you could justify when you're in total tear-down mode.
so yeah, for me it's a little too early to say in troy i trust and i think next off season's moves will be most telling.
Yea Bagley is the biggest question mark for me as far as fliers because of that contract. But IMO, you gotta pay someone lol.
My hope is he won’t spend on that type once we start contending. Which fits Bagley’s contract timeline of 2-3 years.
I’m really beginning to think he’s not going to go after the big time free agents at all even if we start contending. Maybe he just goes after the PJ Tucker and Crowder types and extends his guys.
For now the Josh Jacksons and Knoxs of the world are perfect tank commanders.