FFBlitzace wrote:The thing now is, the concern might shift from Weltman being too passive to now maybe being too aggressive. This season has turned into such a disaster, which isn't entirely the fault of anyone. The injuries were just bad luck, and something intangible was lost along the way. But there has been enough time now that we should have seen more of a recovery toward better play, and we haven't. But back to the point, this season has been so disastrous, and all of our problems reaching unprecedented levels (along with the scrutiny to match), that I'm growing increasingly concerned that Weltman may swing on a risky move in an attempt to secure his job. Maybe not something quite as bad as trading for Ibaka and signing Biyombo, but bad nonetheless.
As a GM this is why you gauge deals on the fringes ALL THE TIME.
This is what people were screaming for 3-4 seasons. You make deals on guys that you have already planned aren’t part of the conversation of the future. You don’t re-sign them because you ran out of short term options.
Now the league knows Weltman will be aggressive because his plan blew up in his face. That means they will now squeeze him for assets because he’s desperate to fix the problem. He should have just been consistently making moves over a number of seasons when the opportunities arose.
KCP, Carter, and AB are the highest valued assets out of the rest of the roster of guys that aren’t trash value or the main 3 considered part of the future. Those 3 contracts plus picks are all they have to work with now and Carters contract isn’t a value anymore.