Ghost of Kleine wrote:garrick wrote:https://www.si.com/nba/nets/news/report-oklahoma-city-thunder-could-pursue-brooklyn-nets-wing-cam-johnsonPer HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto, some NBA executives believe that Cam Johnson could be on the move to the Oklahoma City Thunder. These recent “rumblings” started at the G League Winter Showcase in Orlando, where every NBA team was well-represented, but the noise about Johnson has existed since he arrived in Brooklyn.
Well look at that a contending team is coveting Cam Johnson.
Who wouldn't want a 3&D forward in his prime?
What killed us the most was our overtly exuberant delusionallly wreckless new owner being so desperate to make his mark on his new investment that we ultimately bid against ourselves in BOTH the KD trade and the Beal trade. The KD trade is at least somewhat arguable because of his percieved value at the time.
But the Beal trade was indefensible in that there were literally no other suitors or even interested parties pursuing him apart from us AND the writing was clearly on the wall with him, his contract being horrific, his salary issues, his very risky injury history and durability concerns. And that's not even mentioning the very obvious positional redundancy concerns too.
It was an example of gross overzealousness. But the bigger picture playing out in real time around the league is the culture trend that many of us here continually promoted towards going younger with more athleticism, size, energy, and hunger to prove their value. Our current aged stars have become apathetic to competitive greatness or even expected professionalism.
We have a legit chance to act quickly and reclaim most of what we wrecklessly gave up. But also the opportunity to also expedite our progress and begin catching up with the rest of the leagues' youth/ athleticism movement. But for us to actually heal and tet back on track, our owner must put aside the misplaced hubris and admit that this experiment is just not viable in this current NBA climate anymore. We must aggressively pivot before our very limited aging and depreciating assets further decrease in overall value.
Yes we won't ever recoup the lost assets we gave up for Mikail and Cam but you just have to cut your losses and hope to try to get some draft capital to rebuild for the future.
The Nets are laughing all the way to the bank the way they played us and amassed a boatload of picks once they offload Cam Jo to a contending team.
