buzzkilloton wrote:BDM22 wrote:buzzkilloton wrote:
2020 was just a huge brick. Still owe a pick to the Knicks for that season as well. If we had one huge hit there everything is diff.
The other is all the possible trades that were rumored we didnt do. Obv the most known one was SGA+their high lotto pick for pick 1. That said who knows how many trade ups or downs we could done that made this team better.
Some people say you "never trade the 1 pick" but sometimes it has happened. Ainge made out trading from 1 to 3 turning Fultz into Tatum+. Webber was traded in the deal for Penny and picks that was a win.
Dropping down from #1 to take Tatum+ instead of Fultz is great and all, though the "+" in that deal turned into Romeo Langford, so if we're talking 20/20 hindsight it would have also been fine to just take Tatum #1 lol.
Ainge also had selected Desmond Bane in the 2020 draft and he then traded him away for 2 future 2nds. Point is, there is no exact science here. Every GM's has massively whiffed on guys in the draft. It's the one area that I think Weaver has been at least average at (mostly solid picks with 1 big miss). He struggles a lot more with roster construction, free agency, and asset management.
I think Weaver is just average at best as a GM. Hes not above replacement level whatsoever. NBA GM is a coveted high paid job their isnt many that get to do that. For me what hes done isnt good enough.
That said I take it we wont fire him though I would. So in that case he better do something this offseason. Overpaying Tobias and drafting a rookie setting us uo for another maybe 20 wins isnt good enough.
I really would fire him now. I think its easier to find a good GM now when we have the resources to improve. A big reason we got stuck with a mid GM like Weaver was due to us being such a bad job being SVG wrecked us.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again.
The mistakes Weaver has made are such that any individual one can be excused/forgiven/rationalized.
Four years in I think it’s fair to just look at results though.