Jeez it can be so frustrating reading this board at time.
People need to realize that we are in a full blown rebuild. The type that hasn't been attempted by many teams. This is a HIGHLY inexperienced and RAW team. By the very definition it WILL take TIME to get any decent production or consistency out of these guys. If you care to listen to coach Joerger, Vlade etc... they all talk in what we are aiming for in 2-3 YEARS time. Not here and not now.
People don't like the offense, don't like the rotations, don't like the minutes split and whatever else. You need to realize that all of that has to do with player development. If we are playing through bigs at the high post its a two pronged move, 1 because it provides a bit more spacing for Fox to get to the basket and 2 it is actually helping develop bigs in terms of reading the play, passing etc. It might not look pretty now, hell it might look like that it is not working but it is NOT about what it look like now but what it looks like in 2-3 years time.
Similarly, with the Bagley pick, agree with it or not (and there are plenty player homers around this place), it was made with the LONG TERM view in mind. Time will tell whether the pick works out or not in the long term but one thing this team absolutely needed to do with their draft pick is swing for the fences, go for the home run. They did that with the Bagley pick. Similarly to what they did with Fox the year before. If you wanted production straight out of the gates then you draft Dennis Smith Jr. or Donovan Mitchell. We went on potential and who we think could be the best player to come out of the draft.
I haven't got a problem with any of this. It might not work out but the thinking and logic behind the moves is there. I don't really care if Bagley is better than Doncic in his rookie season. I care if Bagley is a better player than Doncic in 4-5 years time and at the end of their respective careers. There is a huge difference there. As Kings fans we of all people should know what it feels like to see Tyreke Evans winning ROY over Steph Curry with his historic 20/5/5 season, only to see him regress every season since then while Curry blows up into a future Hall of Famer, MVP, perennial All-Star type of player.
Now I am not saying that Bagley will be better than Doncic. I haven't got a crystal ball, if I did I would be buying a lottery tickets now. What I am saying is that people should quit jumping at shadows and let this thing ride out. It will take time and it won't happen over night but to me its refreshing to see the franchise FINALLY take a long term view and commit to it rather than trying to make a quick fix move that saw us waste an opportunity with Cousins by continually surrounding him with quick fix pieces and shipping out any pieces of value in the process.
All I care about is that these kids have a great work ethic, continually work on their game, have great chemistry, fight to the end in every game...even if you are getting blown out by 30. Eventually, work will pay of, development will be evident, the kids will get more comfortable and better at basketball and by addition of these things become better basketball team. I think there is a fair bit of talent on this team that needs development and experience. There will be a lot of experimenting over the next couple of seasons but eventually things will click.
