woosah wrote:OrlandoDream wrote:woosah wrote:I'm gonna have to say they may have a new plan, because Grant was part of the plan. They evaluated and decided to target him in a trade to get rid of BB. Then they went a little further and sought high and wide and went to Europe to sign Briscoe. They thought they would make a difference, lol. So yeah, how indeed the F do you do that and it was on purpose? Idk. They did though. So i am not so sure of their precious plan. I do not think they thought we'd be a potential playoff team, but they clearly are not aggressively trying to pursue something to increase our chances now that they see Clifford is making a difference. I'm glad someone is confident of their ability because I definitely am not.
I think this is part of it. Despite having an awful bench, no real starting PG, this team is still in the playoff picture in the East. I think they expected the lottery again this year so this has been a pleasant surprise so far.
So do they make an unexpected and sudden move to improve the team? Even with a starting level PG we are not getting past the 1st round. Just making the PO would be a successful season. But this FO is thinking long term so thats why as frustrating as it may be, we will most likely stay pat until the offseason and not make any sudden knee-jerk reaction moves for short immediate success that will just lead to a 1st round exit.
Offseason gonna be very interesting. I think the wet dream is luring Kemba with the Clifford connection but I dont see him leaving CHA.
I think you have to have a plan, but you also have to be open to opportunistic moves to improve the team also. I wouldn't say making a move under the latter category is "sudden" but it's adjusting your plan. If it improves the team then you consider it, and i do mean for the long term. It's like the lakers not making the move for PG because they took his interest as a definite sign he would come in free agency. The opportunity came to improve things and they stayed on the rigid plan they had and lost out. The opposite would be
Morey going for Chris Paul when he became available. That wasn't the plan but he adjusted the plan because a great opportunity came along. They were one game from the finals because of it. (now giving him that contract and the moves from this summer are another matter lol)
I do think Kemba is a pipedream, and so that better not be the plan lol. It can be a swing at a home run but we better have something else lined up to get on base and try to manufacture a score to make some progress in growing this team. If this year is a pleasant surprise then why not encourage the effort and get some help in here? If they would prefer to get a great pick, then why not try to help that happen by trading some of the expirings? It's like they do not want to tip their hand or something as to the direction they want to go. I think many of us are interpreting that as they really have not decided yet, which doesn't encourage confidence.
Thats what I think they are waiting for. Every year you have one disgruntled star that becomes available. Its gonna happen again if not this season then the next. Its no surprise we desperately need to upgrade point and dont see us going after another project. I think this FO wants an established star and leader PG. I predict that eventually one of Lillard, Jrue(when AD traded), or some other good PG will become available.
If this year is a pleasant surprise then why not encourage the effort and get some help in here? If they would prefer to get a great pick, then why not try to help that happen by trading some of the expirings?
Because outside of Tross, AG ,and our FRP we really dont have that many tradeable assets. Bamba and Isaac are the future but Vuc and Fournier are not gonna net us much. We just dont have that many good assets to trade. Simms, DJ, Grant, Iwundu? Nobody wants them. Unfortely unless we trade one of the BIG or Ross, we are not making any significant upgrade. Our FO wont trade any of the core players now with this early success. What I would trade is our 2019 FRP. Youd think that alone could get us DLo, Tyus Jones, or some other PG upgrade.
I dont know. So many different paths the FO can take.
