barelyawake wrote:payitforward wrote:barelyawake wrote:The fact that Oak got injured before that season started should have been anticipated? Why? Because of age? Of course, all the other players who dominate despite age should have been anticipated as well? It's pretty easy to be a detractor. Most basketball teams fail. If you are only a detractor, you will live a long life. It's harder actually playing for real money.
Yes, the Okafor/Ariza trade would have been good minus the injury.
Wasn't it you who called Harrington "the best backup forward in basketball" -- hmmm?
Wasn't it you who applauded the signing of Eric Maynor?
Those who criticized the foolish, wasteful Okariza trade weren't "detractors", whatever that means. Every one of us had and has ideas -- no doubt some good and others not so good -- about what this franchise needed and still needs to do to actually turn around its miserable past. Starting w/ showing the door to the guy who created a decade of that misery.
So, no, without Okafor's injury it was still an awful trade. With it, it's worse because it also cost us a round 1 pick -- just so we could have a player, any player, who could start at the 5 on opening night!
Oh, and actually "most basketball teams fail" is false. As many do well as do badly. It's a bell-shaped curve. You're just consoling yourself for failure by imagining you're part of a crowd of failures. Nope. Ernie stands alone; there's no GM in the league who has kept his job with such a record of failure.
Lol payit, you really do need a friend in real life beyond the numbers. Perhaps then you could stop being an annoying cuss who needed five pages of explanation to understand sarcasm. Actual human interaction is a healthy thing... especially during the holidays.
Keep misrepresenting my posts all you wish. I wanted Marco in the offseason (who is having a stellar season, hell I wanted him back in the draft). And I gave the signing of Maynor a C. And I said Harrington, when healthy three years ago, was the best back-up power forward. I said if healthy, his acquisition for the price was good. We obviously didn't get that Harrington. If I had my way, Drummond would have been on the roster. Its apparent from your posts that you have little left to hope for in life, but some of us fans get optimistic during the offseason. We overestimate wins and such.
And every team that doesn't win a title failed, since that should be every team's goal. So, yes, most teams fail.
PS Have you ever once given an opinion about what should be done? Several posters have called you on merely chiding Ernie but never offering any positive ideas. This thread is about what should be done now. And I don't hear many ideas in that regard that are remotely realistic -- like fire selling the team during a playoff run.
PPS Back to the aim of the thread, Monroe is not the answer.
PPPS The big idea from this board this offseason was to give tens of millions to Ersan. Where's the self-deprecation on that front? Aren't you glad we didn't lock ourselves into that mess?
I've given about a zillion opinions about what should be done. By no means deficient on that front.
Go back and reread what you wrote about Harrington, why don't you? And if you called Maynor a C, that's bad enough that you get no credit. It was pretty obviously a terrible decision, i.e. like signing Harrington even at a veteran minimum contract.
OTOH, if you wanted us to draft Drummond over Beal, that's in your favor. Can you point to the post where you said that please? I'd love to read it and give you your props. And you are correct to want to steer clear of Monroe (i.e. at the big $$ he's going to attract).
As to "friends" and what to "hope for in life" -- try not to make it personal, buddy, but since you did I'm delighted to report that I'm lucky enough to have much much much to be happy about on those fronts. The holiday season is over, but all the same I hope you do too!
Above all, I hope you have some area of activity where you achieve excellence -- this one sure ain't it.
