bwgood77 wrote:Spoiler:
About PF vs C I was talking about our team this year, and where are biggest weaknesses are because the discussion was primarily about how good we are right now. This year we have quite a few Cs despite one of them being out. As for the future, my hope is to address it in the draft since there are 5-6 centers in the top 10-12. On top of that, Cs were cheap on the market this past year and there is an expected further depressed market this summer with a limited number of teams having cap space and a number of free agent Cs hitting the market. It will be a buyers market if we really want one.
I was very tired of Sarver and the quick fixes we keep trying to do it with ever changing coaches and a churning roster. I think continuity is important.
I've always wanted to build through the draft. All of our picks won't pan out. Hopefully many of them do. Hopefully we have or get the right coach in place. I'm not about patching together a few vets with all these youngsters in what I think would be an ill fated short sighted attempt to get better quickly.
Our players need to mature and grow and we need to use picks, let them fight it out, and see what our core's strengths are and then add free agents. The west is loaded with all stars right now.
I think eventually we will make a pick this year. If we use our picks wisely this year, we may hit on someone who makes an impact fairly quickly. It's been pretty random which teams end up with these players.
When you say we have no PG or C in the future, and you want McD to execute some sort of plan, those of us wanting to build through the draft want us to use our two first rounders (hopefully we have at least two) to address C and PG.
PG is our most important position to address. I actually would like to get a vet PG on the roster right now but I've gone through the teams and have no idea who might be available. Maybe someone like George Hill who I'd be fine with if they want Monroe and to get out of his contract. I think he only has one year guaranteed after this one so we'd still clear cap space in 2019 to maybe go after a big name FA. I might take a look at Orlando's PGs but Payton will want a new contract soon. Augustin might make too much, though he has played well.
The thing I hate most about our team this year is the PG position so I'm open to thoughts there but ultimately hope we can address it in the draft (even though I still think it might be important to have a vet there too anyway).
All valid points. I think the biggest issue is wasting picks on players/positions that are already shored up.
I'm not going to repeat myself for the 6th time, but you see my argument. We will never TRULY know what we have in Chriss or Bender until we commit to one of them, have a PG, and have a Permanent Head Coach, because let's face it; right now, the only thing Triano's worried about is trying to impress McD/Sarver so he can hopefully become the full time HC, so if he thinks today, Bender gives him the best chance to win, he'll play Bender. If tomorrow, he feels Chriss is the better match up, he'll play Chriss; there's no consistency.
As far as PGs, I agree, I think Payton would be worthy of being brought in. Also, Dinwiddie has been brought up. Other young guys like Schroder, or whoever loses out between Jerian Grant and Kris Dunn out of Chicago. Yeah, yeah, their team is worsethan ours, but it's not due to their PGs, per se. In fact, they may be our best trade partner.
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y8bdezjk
We kind of rewind the draft and take Markkanen, they get JJ. We get our PG in Jerian Grant, who's really played well these least 5 games; hopefully that means he's coming around. We also take on Portis to prevent another 'issue'. Sure, they've all made up and are talking nice, but we are all men here, and we know better. They get to figure out the Bender and Chriss conundrum, and we also get Valentine (just because he was one of my favorite prospects a couple years back). Plus we give them our 2018 pick.
Grant / Booker / Warren / Markkanen / Monroe
Ulis / Daniels / Valentine / Portis / Len or Chandler
We potentially get better instantly; the Bulls get their pick plus our pick, to help build upon JJ/Bender/Chriss/Dunn/LaVine/Mirotic
Meh, just a thought...they'd likely never let go of Markkanen, just like we wouldn't JJ, I guess.
