Snakebites wrote:thesack12 wrote:The 3 guys with the most important positions in this franchise all are desperate to some degree.
Dwane Casey is 62 years old. Detroit is most likely his last rodeo, at least being the HC anyways. It also doesn't help his pride or his leaguewide reputation that Toronto achieved the ultimate goal immediately after firing him.
Ed Stefanski is 65 years old. He's never had any notable team success as an executive. The last 2 jobs he held were demotions from his previous position. If you would give him a shot of truth serum, he would probably say he was surprised that he got another chance himself. The guy hired himself. This is definitely his last shot of beinf the head of a front office.
Tom Gores has already proven he's always desperate to make playoffs. He's happy just to say Detroit Pistons were a playoff team amd get those 2 extra box office gate revenues. Detroit hasn't won a single playoff game while on his watch. Tom is desperate to change that.
I'd be more than happy to be wrong about this statement, but I honestly believe orchestrating a true rebuild is about the last thing this current regime is interested in.
Sekou is an anomaly to that trend though. He’s unlikely to be a big contributor/starter while the current core is intact.
Snell allowed us to add a rotation player to replace the role Ellington/Bullock had last year at the cost of only 2 million in terms of this years LT flexibility, allowing us to resign or replace Ish with MLE money while remaining under the LT. Whether you agree with that philosophy of resource management or not, it appears to be the choice that was made and gave them the best shot at keeping the rotation competitive with the restraints we have.
We’re still striving to put the best group around that core. We will continue to do so as long as they are under contract.
It’s clear they see Sekou as a top 6 talent and felt the value was too good to pass, so they deviated a bit. I’m glad they did, but I wouldn’t read too much into it. We’ll likely continue the same next year, just (hopefully!) without Reggie.
2 years from now when Dre’s deal is up is when it gets particularly interesting.
Yeah, other than drafting Sekou all signs do seem to point to them not wanting to tear it down. However, for all we know the Sekou pick could have been made with an eye to use him as valuable trade bait in exchange for win now upgrades.
There is a chance that Dre opts out next summer, but its unlikely. The market projects to be tighter, and Andre seems to kind of like it in Detroit.
