asudevil wrote:If Markieff stays, plays hard, AND we still lose....well i guess i'm fine. He can boost his value for the offseason, and we can hopefully land a top pick.
At this point, there is nothing we can do to get any better or worse.
I would however like to see Knight traded at some point (either by the deadline or the offseason). Booker has shown he will be a star, so inhibiting his growth and playing time will be a detriment. We have a decent 3 man guard rotation for the rest of the year, only boosting both Archie and Knight's value. I am for keeping Archie for the longhaul....he's shown that he can be good.
The problem with trading Tucker is that we literally have no SF's on the roster. I suppose we can play Booker/Archie/Goodwin for small ball stretches, and possibly Chandler/Len/Markieff for big man stretches.
Yes. Agreed. I don't know why so many want a trade to happen, ESPECIALLY those that want McD gone.
If we trade Kieff, McD has finally traded the one piece so many fans want gone, thus solidifying his worth as a GM.
If we get good value, again, McD has 'done it again'; if he gets poor value, well, Kieff wasn't worth much anyway with his attitude, felony, poor play, and so on, and McD is still 'safe'.
If we make any trades that immediately improve our team, we lose our decent chance at a top 3 pick, since our team improves, thus 'proving' McD is a good GM.
...or...McD scores a draft pick, we continue to stink, and McD makes a couple of great draft picks, and fans get excited again, and McD 'extends his stay' a little longer.
But if we don't make a trade, we continue to 'stink', then get a better chance of getting a top 3 pick, and if Kieff continues with his 'good' play, he improves his value, especially if his case I settled, but here's the thing, McD is in trouble, because the public pressure will be on Sarver to 'change' our FO because we still have Kieff, so McD's butt gets REEEAAALLL warm, and the McDoNothingRight is fired, even though our team is likely to improve the most in that scenario, in the long run.
So those who think this is the worst Suns roster in the history of the Suns, and think McD needs to go...well, you all should be praying and hoping that McD
doesn't complete a 23rd hour deal with trading Kieff, because if he does, well, then he's likely saved his job until next season, at least.
