myconsumerclub wrote:I voted yes but to explain I need to say that I voted that way for 2 reasons.
1. The team is not finished making moves and I see them improving via a trade or signing. If by doing nothing than getting rid of Stack and Jones from this roster we are better than last years team. We can get one more piece and that might do it.
Diop will help and would have helped against NO. We need to build a deep team to capture home court and then we can win. No home court = out of the play offs.
This is why it's important to have young legs that can run and contribute. Jason Terry will see more time at backup PG under Carlisle and that will help matters by limiting his defensive weakness at the 2 and allowing a younger player to develop for the future which we hope is still intact for the playoffs (remember what Houston did last year).
Whatever we do tradewise this team is better with Foster Green Wright Rat and Singleton and possibly Rhodes than it was with Stack George Magliore Allen Lue and Jones. Bass will likely be better and Howard should be. With Kidd returning to see this team through a training camp and a good game plan from RC this new version will be the best we have had in years.
They can't strike out on all of the kids, someone has to step up and be this years Bass. Yes it would be nice to add a VC, Artest or one of Atlanta's Joshes but that is wishful thinking and we need to address this teams needs in a more viable and realistic manner.
2. I buy into the RC cola cool aid and think his x's and o's are better and will work with this team better than the previous administrations.
I think the man has a track record that prooves he knows what he is doing and that Indianna fell apart after he left so that in and of itself shows his value. He has the respect of Artest despite the history there and that tells me he could be the missing piece we need. Avery was busy throwing the whole team under the bus last season and we need a coach that earns his players respect.
With a PG like Kidd RC will be like a kid in a candy store designing plays to work with Kidds strengths and with all the big athletic young wings we added this team will be ready to run and slash. Dirk will be impossible to double team if Kidd can keep the centers involved and or we get an improved Bass that can score inside more and play defense at a higher level.
Dirk will step it up in his game going back to his strengths instead of trying to be Tim Duncan meaning he will have the green light from downtown and that will open it up inside for Bass and the driving cutting younger slashers we just added. Hopefully RC gets it in Greens head that he is on this team to be a slasher and not a 3 point shooter.
What mcc said... except for the fact I do think Green may shoot a few threes but I do see him more of a slasher, alley-ooper threat. This team's worst deficiency last season was allowing teams to get back into games and eventually overtake them. Smart coaching means smart playing. Teams like da Spurs who are a smart team walk with a swagger because they know what they're doing. RC will give us that. Howard + RC Smarts = All-Star. Dirk at the 3pt line will find people and end up with a lot more assists this season but probably fewer rebounds. But with Kidd on the squad, that's no big deal. This season looks to be a lot of fun. We just need to find that mojo and locate that confidence.
