bigfoot wrote:WeekapaugGroove wrote:sunsbg wrote:Monty is not exactly proving to be a great coach either with soon to be 2-12 record after a blow out loss. Anyone knows what's going on with that Duren guy who was putting big stats to start the season. Box-score says 'DNP-Coach decision'. Is he injured or already in the dog house ?
Will be interesting to see what Detroit does the next 9-12 months. I think Monty is a good coach and culture setter BUT his style doesn't work with all players. Detroit needs to figure out the core young dudes who are bought in and then trade the others away and add a couple Monty vets.
Thompson looks like a keeper, Duren has a ton of upside. They really need Cade to take a leap from good to great. Ivey looks like he's in Monty's doghouse and probably someone they should trade.
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You'll have to create a separate "Monty: Post Suns Haters" thread
Cade has always given me John Wall vibes. No shot, injury prone, jack-of-all-trades master-of-none. But TBH at this point I'd take the under on whether he ever makes an ASG.
Never liked Ivey. I liked Killian, but boy was I wrong about him. I liked Bagley, who looks like he could carve out a Montrezl Harrell-like role in the league. I also liked James Wiseman for about a week, but it seems like he'll be out of the league pretty soon. I think Duren is NBA starter material, though I like Mark Williams more.
Seems to me the only real keeper on that roster is Ausar Thompson, who's doing a decent Shawn Marion impression, albeit with worse shooting. They're in a similar position to the WIzards, whose only keeper is their rookie Coulibaly - at the bottom of their rebuilding cycle. Only team in a worse position is the Bulls, because they have a full tear-down ahead of them.... and probably the Blazers, since they first have to jettison this awful Scott/Simons/Shaedon/Ayton core.
.... Tangent time! If we're going this far, might as well look at the rest. There are plenty of teams in danger of having their recent rebuilds go down in flames: Hawks, Hornets, Grizz, Pelicans. There are veteran squads that are vulnerable to long-term downtrends when their aging vets collapse: Clippers, Warriors, Lakers and Suns. And other teams who are trapped in the middle between competing and rebuilding: Nets, Raptors, Jazz; arguably the Knicks, Kings, Pacers and Heat as well.
The only teams that appear set for the long-term are the Thunder and Spurs, and possibly also the Rockets and Magic. Arguably, the Celtics as well - though I'd think money becomes an issue at some point.
The NBA is funny, though. A year ago Memphis looked primed to contend for the foreseeable future, the Pels seemed ready to take flight, the Wolves looked DOA. 76ers seemed to be in a bad spot before the season started and Maxey took off. All sorts of things can cause a team's fortune to change in the NBA!
