Knightro wrote:MagicMatic wrote:We’re gonna slow simmer it and continue to invest in the players we have on our roster. Grow and develop them. We’ll always be opportunistic and seeking out the next ways to improve the team and if we can take a leap, we will. But I have no problem in doubling down on these guys right now. It’s kind of like what we committed to early on.
We aren't adding anyone of consequence this offseason or addressing any needs. Otherwise he would have answered this much differently. The second to last sentence he plays his hand.
We'll see what happens, but that was certainly not an optimistic way of answering it.
Basically he seem to insinuate that he's willing to keep things status quo until a no brainer trade falls into his lap.
I didn’t take it that way. I took it as “this current roster is my fallback plan.” He can’t promise a big move because other teams are going to jump on those quotes and assume they have him over a barrel.
He did what he could to send out the bat signal for anyone on another roster to consider the Magic as a trade destination. And he then (truthfully) noted that free agency has become this wasteland of overpriced, middling players. For people like myself that don’t want to spend a lot on Klay or majorly overpay on Monk, it’s a good thing to hear.
I’m as hard on Weltman as anyone, but short of him coming out and saying they definitely 100% making some major moves, he seemed to insinuate they are going to be active in reshaping the roster to capitalize on this season’s success. It also appears the dreaded “timeline” we keep hearing about has been sped up in a good way.