Inevitable wrote:Los_29 wrote:Inevitable wrote:The silliest argument is they built a title team they can do it again. It completely ignores the fact the actual team construct pre Kawhi compared to now is totally different. We aren’t a deep team of former lottery picks/first round picks anymore we have like 3 guys from the G league in the rotation. If a superstar which is what we need to win a title becomes available (and not a super depressed asset like Kawhi), the NBA landscape has changed so much that means multiple first rounders and then OG and other core pieces going the other way. Then you’re basically a super shallow team hoping to fill out the roster with free agents or buyout players that don’t willingly come here. This is why a very good lottery pick this season is so attractive, gives you so much flexibility short and long term and builds up your asset base. We are basically like those MLB teams that go all in and sell the farm, then are back in the basement. Depressing it to win a play in game for nothing more than ego purposes (we beat the Bucks and Sixers in the dog days of the season, we can give em a scare!) is Bryan Colangelo thinking.
You're overestimating how hard it is to acquire a superstar. Look at how awful Houston's return was for Harden. They got no young prospects and a bunch of picks that will most likely all be in the later part of the 1st round. People talk about how bad the Spurs return was for Kawhi but Houston will be lucky to even get a player like Demar with all those late 1st round picks. It was a horrendous deal for Houston.
And where is the idea that we are going for the play in game coming from? We have been sitting Kyle, FVV, Pascal and today we are sitting OG. Last night we started Flynn, GTJ, Bembry, Boucher and OG. And the Cavs still couldn't beat them.
Almost a decade worth of pick control from BK is not an awful deal at all, and then you got the lottery pick from the Cavs in 2022. In what world is that a terrible return for a star player walking in 1.5 years?
They didn't get the Cav's 1st round pick. They got the Bucks 1st round pick which is going to be another late 1st rounder. They have three of Brooklyn's 1sts and 4 pick swaps which end in 2027.
They didn't get one single young promising prospect in the deal for one of the most talented offensive players ever and their 1st round picks they got are all likely going to be very late in the 1st round. That's a pretty awful deal.
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