ArthurVandelay wrote:Scase wrote:sidsid wrote:
What's getting clearer for me now is that Masai needs to come into a situation with an existing asset base in either quantity or quality.
I wouldn't go with the "BC built the champs" but he left the Raps with a positive asset base with enough depth already for Masai to start his process... He's a "spend money to make money" type of guy.
Which involves draining assets to build upwards. The problem here is he has no patience. The post Giannis offseason left the cupboard bare. And you can't spend money to make money when you have none left. Now you're working on loan debt and the juice is running. Can't get ahead.
I joke that we should hire an Ainge guy for the deadline and hand the team back over to Masai after. But if we could have told Masai to take a sabbatical for 3 years (do giants of Africa) and Hinkie for 3 years we'd be in great shape now.
This is how I've seen it, and have been saying for a while. Masai is a guy you hire to take an ok situation with assets and make some good moves. But not a guy you want to rebuild, he clearly doesn't believe in the concept and likes to re-tool and thats fine, but it's not great when you are already from a position of weakness. Different tools for different jobs and all that.
Masai definitely not down for a long multi-year sell off everything, rebuild through multiple lottery picks.
But I'm finding it hard to fault him for anything post Poeltl trade. He has torn down and rebuilt this roster, brought in young starters, found 3 NBA players in a weak draft plus Chomche, and hopefully will add a top lotto pick.
I'm excited about next year.
Eh, it's easy to find a bunch of things wrong with his moves if you don't believe that re-tooling is the answer. I can respect different opinions on that, but it's not a one size fits all kinda situation. And that's why I think he's the wrong exec for the job, the team has some pretty glaring talent issues, and that's not going to get fixed without a high draft pick. It's the same reason that even when you see all the people that are happy with the BI trade, they all say the same thing.
"And if we can get a top 5 pick in this draft, we'll be in great shape." Even though they refuse to admit it, the future success of the team hinges way more on that pick, than RJ, IQ, BI, or even Scottie. So whether or not you approve/disapprove of Masai's approach, almost everyone knows that a high draft pick is the most important thing to this "rebuild".
A simple question to ask/answer is this. If we had no draft pick this year, would you still be happy with the trade, and have a rosy outlook on the future? I think most would say no, and most people with a realistic approach would say the same if we ended up with the 10th pick, historically, that's not a game changer of a pick. And I don't think most people who have a good grasp of team fit, and salary caps would think that our current SL is particularly high ceiling.
