XxIronChainzxX wrote:LonZoBallin wrote:XxIronChainzxX wrote:Absolutely not.
No, you're still wrong. If you trade away KL, you need to blow up this team completely. Anything you get back in return just makes you a worse treadmill team.
exactly, blow it up. We were a treadmill with lowry and an even worse treadmill without. Blow it up!
The GM that says "let's blow up this ECF team to tank" gets fired the next day. Masai had his hands tied twice - when this team made its run to the post-season that year against the Nets, and when he had the ECF run. Keeping Casey after Washington was insane though.
Nah, that would just show he's a good GM like me thinking ahead.
You know what at bad GM does? He sets up a team to be deep in the tax with a ceiling of 6th best in the East. That's a bad GM.
. I'm a fan of the team, religiously watch games, and I want to see the franchise do well. However, I would rather see consistent winning throughout October-April and a possible first round exit than see Shumpert and Tim Hardaway Jr. stink it up for half a year and not make the playoffs at all. I watch games to unwind after long hours at school or work for the purpose of entertainment, and watching a perennial loser for the HOPES of winning the lottery for the HOPES of drafting a generational talent for the HOPES of winning a championship is not something I would trade for what this fan base has had for the past 4 seasons. It's a classic example of falling in love with potential and failing to appreciate what's in front of you. I know Lowry is a choke artist in the playoffs and DeRozan is too, but they're a big part of why I've enjoyed watching the Raptors the past 4 seasons and no longer had to dread Bargnani deliver disappointment every night until their season ended. So what's not gratifying about regular season success to someone who isn't a pessimistic douchebag who places too much emphasis on outcomes rather than enjoying the process? F**k the "Championship or Bust" attitude.