youreachiteach wrote:The flipside of that argument is that you are wasting another year of Barnes opportunity to win. It's one thing to decide that what they have done isn't working and then decide to tank in a strong draft--but there is no reason to cut their legs out from under them before they even start for a player in the draft who will probably not be competitive on Scottie's timeline (in terms of winning over the next few years).
Part of convincing him to stay will be the team's effort in trying to surround him with talent. I very much doubt IQ, Scottie or Barrett would be in favor of this. Even Jakob has said he's good being here as long as we try. Another year of tanking devalues our assets even more than they are--which will make it hard to get better through trades, our most likely avenue to improvement. It would be great to get Scottie another star, but I think they would feel the team is at least owed a shot before it is detonated again, right after they have gone through major reconstruction not half a season ago.
What we are doing now (Based on coaches words) We are building a team around Barnes right now....And It sounds like the draft is the way they plan on doing that....Barnes will be here for another 5 at least...You have time in that window to get the right players and pieces around him to get a winning team eventually....Patience is key...
We can't just put out a team with meh upside like we have now and expect things to change anytime soon....Thats partly why we Drafted Dick last year was because it fits a need for a team built around Barnes....Same thing could happen this draft....
Yak and Brown atm are our best assets to move right now for young players with potential that fit Barnes timeline ...
Yak maybe good right now but we are looking 2-3 years into the future now not what the team looks like today or tomorrow...
If we can get another young asset that Masai sees fits next to the young team hes building by giving up Yak + a few assets hes going to take it...