tecumseh18 wrote:ontnut wrote:tecumseh18 wrote:
Koloko had more potential than Kessler. That's why Masai made the deal. It's devastating to the team not to have a real C off the bench, or to sub in when Jak's hurt. How do people not see what is clear as day on the court?
It's unfortunate but not devastating, at least not in the same way that say...drafting Joey Graham or Hoffa was. Put in another way, from the opposite perspective, I'm not sure I'd be over the moon if we had a healthy Koloko or even Kessler on the roster. It would help for sure, but certainly not make or break.
If the team doesn't acquire another centre this summer, you'll see how "devastating" the Koloko illness was next year when Poeltl is (inevitably) out with an injury, and Olynyk has to start in his place. (Assuming we're not trying to tank.)
OK, if you don't like the word "devastating", then will you agree that it's hard for a rebuilding team to miss out on an entire draft year? And it's hard for a team in a salary cap environment to miss a chance to add depth to the roster at a salary controlled price in a position of need when we just traded away three guys - OG, Precious and Pascal - who would often play that position. Now we likely have to waste cap space (or the room exception) on a C with less potential, for more money.
This. Back-up Cs, even third string C's are important. The loss of Koloko and probably Porter , for nothing, hurts whether the word is devastating or something less.