the_process wrote:PhillyFan11 wrote:Trading assets to give Jimmy a 3/4 year max is a sure fire way to tank a franchise. We’d be cash and pick strapped with like a 2 year window to win a championship…if not it’s going to be a long dark hole to dig out of.
I don’t see why people are so willing to sell their souls for a short window shot at winning. Morey has a blank slate to build a team for long term sustainable success, the Jimmy/PG route is the lazy way out.
Pal Jorge is a better option than Butler. Costs zero picks and leaves the ball with Maxey. They miss about the same amount of time I think, but it feels like Jimmy is hurt more.
But it still leaves us cap-strapped and limits building out the roster to a lot of vet mins. The really amazing thing about a lot of these columns from so-called "experts" is how they reference the Tobias contract as something finally gone and the flexibility that finally gives us, and in the next breath trumpets the idea of signing a "third star" like 34-year old and oft-injured Paul George to a 4-year max, which kills flexibility and the ability to build out a quality roster.
In other words, we're once again living and dying on the health of Embiid and George and praying both are actually healthy come playoff time. Oh, and banking on two players not exactly known for playoff heroics to bring us to the promised land.
I'll say it yet again - if this is all Morey flushed a season to accomplish, please fire him now and hire someone competent. I won't believe he is this simple-minded and shortsighted until it actually happens.
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