Ferry Avenue wrote:Sixerscan wrote:Ferry Avenue wrote:That doesn't impress me at all.
The problem with this team is that they're continuing to build around two players who haven't, and perhaps can't, show the maturity and leadership necessary to be players a team builds around.
Simmons and Embiid. Yeah that sounds great in theory or on paper, but these guys haven't been players a team builds around if it hopes to win a championship. If you're putting accessory pieces like Green and Curry around a nucleus of star players, those star players better have what it takes, because the accessory pieces sure don't.
The team screwed up when it let Butler go. He was the piece to build around. Imagine a starting lineup of Embiid, Harris, Butler, Redick, and Westbrook. That's a championship lineup. Simmons should've been jettisoned that year in favor of Butler.
Yeah no ****. It's gonna take Morey time to turn things around, if you want to wait until he does feel free. If you want to trade Simmons you should be happy they're putting guys around him that maximize his effectiveness, if nothing else it's good for his trade value.
The only thing I'm against is the view that Embiid and Simmons are players to build around, as though they're established at the level of LeBron and Anthony Davis. They're nowhere near that caliber, yet the team is functioning personnel-wise as though they are.
"The process" failed when it resulted in nothing more than those guys.
Again, if your end game is trading Ben, putting a team around him that highlights his strengths is good for his trade value.
Morey has been able to make moves for literally less than 4 days it's not finished yet, it's realistically probably going to be a multiyear thing. Look at what this thread is called for crying out loud.
