MagicStarwipe wrote:Bensational wrote:Larry Ridley@mrlarryridley
Caught up with #Magic CEO Alex Martins, you got to hear his message to fans, "will be a quick rebuild" watch at 6,11 on @WESH #Orlando #NBA
For a "quick" rebuild, I'd imagine that means that the Magic have their eye on some ready established talent, which they plan to chase as the franchise player/centerpiece of the team. someone available in the next free agency or two. you can't rely on landing a franchise caliber player through the draft in a short amount of time - too many variables. what you can rely on is targeting ready-now talent.
i think their plan will be heavily based upon loading up on efficiently paid talent as a supporting cast for 1-2 stars, and BPA talent in the draft, with enough financial flexibility to chase a franchise talent.
my gut tells me that James Harden is our man.
I'd rather hear that they are going to rebuild the right way rather than a "quick rebuild." Not that the 2 things are necessarily mutually exclusive. Still, I think you all see my point.
depends what your definition of "the right way" is.
to me, the right way simply involves good draft picks so that you've always got assets in the bank to deal with, and making sure you can put enough talent on the court together at the one time.
The Effect wrote:2 "problems" i have with that thought are
1 - I know everyone seems to think hes pretty much a rental, but i really think henny and the rest of the FO value Afflalo and wont just be giving up on him after a year (or even less according to some), so i dont see where harden would fit
2 - Isnt everything being mentioned about us having cap space in '14 to sign 2 Max players? Signing harden to a max deal would make that impossible
a lot of what I've read about the Magic's approach this time around is about efficiency. James Harden is a much more efficient focal piece that Afflalo, and as long as Hennigan thinks that paying Harden enough to price him out of OKC's market still keeps him efficient, then I think he's our guy.
there's some big names in 2014, but not as many as you'd think that would help a rebuild from the ground up like we're doing.
LeBron, Wade and Bosh aren't likely to leave a potential dynasty in Miami just so 2 of them can play together in Orlando.
Kobe, Dirk and Pau will all be old, and have long standing relationships with their franchises. I don't consider it likely that any of them leave, and if they did, I don't think they'd be targeted as helpful to the Magic, especially at the price they will command.
Gay, Granger, etc are good, but are they good enough to be a #1/#2 option on a contending team? will they hold up with LeBron and Wade and Durant and Westbrook? personally, I actually think they'd be OK. but it would be a FO decision on how efficient they are.
Bogut, Deng and others have long histories of injury issues. I say we will avoid those kinds of players like the plague.
Then there's the young guys like Monroe, Wall, Jennings, etc. It remains to be seen how good they really are, and they would be restricted options, so their teams are very likely to match whatever they're offered. We don't seem like the type of team that will really want to pay players insanely just to price them out of another team's range. would go against the ideal of efficiency.
