jezzerinho wrote:zaymon wrote:Skybox wrote:
I especially like his mention of the Trade Deadline...make a move, WeHam!! Jump the line.
If we make a move it will propably be to make us even worse this year not better Lets trade Ross, have honest discussion with Harris and long look at Bamba.
I think that Wagner's amazing performance level so far obligates the FO to think about how far out into the future they want to delay the team's competitiveness. If they complete the tank this year, draft ANOTHER 18/19 year old with potential, then experiment with lineups before they decide on what trades to make, a lot of key contracts could be running out and Orl as a FA destination will look less assured.
Assuming Orl has key pieces in Franz and WCJ at an absolute minimum, the FO would be wise to begin the process of adding a quality player in this trade window. Then, even if the improved performance of the team in the spring drops its draft slot, Orl in a fairly lukewarm draft should be looking to leverage its remaining picks for another player.
With four quality players and some bench options, you can start to teach the team how to play competitive ball and hope that one of your chips elevates their game to star level.
Now we know we have a great one in Franz, it makes no sense not to accelerate to some degree the rebuild.
I don't say it out of impatience. I think the FO has to weigh the tank option against the damage that continued losing does and the aging of some key contracts.
We aren't close to being at this point. If Wagner was as far along as this board would like to believe he is, we wouldn't be 7-28 right now. This is basketball. This is the NBA. One guy can make you pretty good. If you put KD on this roster, we are competing for the playoffs at the very least.
Let's give our young roster time to develop and focus on finding more core pieces before we short circuit this rebuild into Sacramento.