chrbal wrote:ByeByeDre wrote:DBC10 wrote:
Letting people walk and holding on to guys like this has really killed any hope of a fast recovery and I'd argue that's what changed the trajectory of the team. Not included in that list were guys like SJ and Ellenson too. Just held on to them for too long before the league caught notice that they weren't all that good
Somewhere, Sekou is not working on his game.
In the meantime, Presti has pulled it off again - he managed to get first rounders both times in Horford trades. Brilliant. And he’s told Kemba to rent and not buy. I’m excited to see how he consolidates all of these picks - his rebuild is like no other……
It’s cool and all, borderline obsessive, that they’ve collected all those picks. It all boils down to what you do with all those picks. If he can outdo hinkie in terms of landing talent, and avoiding picking guys like Noel and Okafor in the lottery, I’ll be mildly impressed. If he can actually pull off a trade or two where he adds actual talent, up and comers as well as current, I’ll be mildly impressed. But if all he’s going to keep doing is stockpiling picks, it just seems like a weird 2K franchise experiment
He's historically had a good scouting department and a good drafter overall. I'd much rather be in his position in a rebuild than whatever iteration the Pistons, Sacramento, and CHA were in the past 10 years. His way at least gets to the point and maximizes the likelihood of getting a star and or landing a star with said assets
We'll see how they play out. It's still incredibly lucky and the good foresight to let go of stars like that (Westbrook, CP3, PG13) and just get hauls after hauls.