NYKat wrote:King of Troy wrote:@ NYKAT
Did you not read my post?
I said it was a risk to wait for FA. No ****.
The point was that the risk was worth it. Without that risk, we'd be mediocre.
My point was that it was better to risk failure and compete for a championship then to take the safe route, gut the roster, and then be an ok team for the next 6 years.
I've also doubted the availability of these 'role players' that everyone keeps talking about, as though they are a dime a dozen. We need players, not roster fillers.
How does building around Amare/Felton/Melo equate to mediocrity any more than not doing anything right now?
Your pre-supposing that if we acquire Melo at the expense of a couple of wing players, we won't be able to get add any other players and thus be mediocre, that's quite a stretch.
If we keep flexibility and don't add another consistent offensive weapon, then we remain what we are right now the definition of Mediocre...and we have wait for the next FA and do this all over again.
You can play the flexibilty card forever, at some point you gotta commit to a core of players to build around don't you?
Not doing anything right now says nothing about our future, it leaves it open ended. We can commit salary or we can maintain flexibility. We have two options which can be decided upon once we get there.
Committing now to Melo takes away our cheap assets, our depth. These are valuable pieces either to the team itself or towards trading for another player.
I'm not saying that by trading these guys for Melo we won't get any players. I never said that. What I'm saying is that the level of players we can get is drastically diminished by gutting our roster right now for Melo. If risk it and wait, we would be able to maintain our assets while getting Melo. Then those assets can be flipped for another very good player, or developed.
What I am certain of is that these players we're giving up are better then the vet min guys you are going to find on the market. By giving these people up now, we would certainly be downgrading with whoever we are going to sign to fill the void left by their departure.
Waiting not only allows us to retain assets that can be used for another player or to round out our team with players and maintain our level of depth, but it also allows us other options, which my not be Carmelo.
We wait because it gives us more options. Acting now creates mediocrity as it hinders our ability to get more talent in the long run. It is short term thinking rather than long term thinking. Carmelo is a great talent, but sacrificing long term options to get him now seems rather short sighted. He doesn't make us contenders, so why toss aside assets when we can potentially get him and continue to build. Getting Carmelo as it now stands severely limits our ability to make future moves, and that is where the major problem lies, alongside the problem of depth.
