720 wrote:Los_29 wrote:720 wrote:RJ has been in the league for 6 years and hasn’t addressed a lot of the same issues he had since day 1. It’s nothing like Amen. You guys are hilarious with your bias.

Well it’s a good thing I’m not an RJ fan. I’d rather Amen than RJ. Would I purposely tank for either of them? No.
I’m shocked at how much you guys overhype players on other teams. I like Amen but the chances of this guy being a superstar is close to zero. He’s a good player who can play a role on a contending team. Not a superstar though. Is he even an all-star caliber player if his shot and passing don’t develop?
You guys are lying to yourself if you think ending up with Amen Thompson is a great outcome for a team that loses 60 games.
Let‘s go back in time. If the option was tank and you get Amen Thompson to add next to Scottie, where he becomes a part of the core, has the same timeline as Scottie, has the growth potential to become an amazing starter or maybe even an all star calibre player or you run on the treadmill with Siakam and Fred, I would choose the Amen route. Especially because we would have gotten SOMETHING for Fred instead of letting him walk.
Thats a lot of painting the perfect picture without considering what else could have happen.
Everything i say is with the timestamp of FEB 9th - the trade that so many hate
First there is no guarantee we get the 4th pick (which would have been necessary).
Second the idea of tanking with FVV, OG and Siakam it doesnt feel logical. Ofc if we could have got rid of all 3 at the trade deadline, but then we wouldnt have traded for yak in the first place and our entire situation would be different. But that, we know, was not possible unless we trade erm for pennies. So our ranking would be slightly worse, but not signifcant enough.
Third what if we even fall in the draft as 2 other teams overtake us? Best case scenario we pick 5th. 3 teams finished worse than 26 wins, which we had feb 9, and the hornets only had 27. We would had to lose 25 games in a row with FVV, OG and Siakam. But we could also have picked 7th? The chances to move up or stay (or get worst) are more or less even, so a coin toss. So at 5th and after its literally a lottery of who pans out. Lively for example is a possibilty, but he aint a star. We would be in the same situation as right now. The only main difference is the pick of 2024, but that also is a lottery. Ofc everybody now knows they would have picked edey. And everything i said is the best case scenario.