Kings trading Evans for Vasquez/Lopez
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They have 3 guys that have all star potential and are locked in for the next 3-4 years.
We have 5 with one guy that maybe has that kind of potential and he hasn't played a single game. And all but one are on rookie contracts that will be increasing in the next couple years. That 16 can easily become 25 with a fraction of the talent.
We have 5 with one guy that maybe has that kind of potential and he hasn't played a single game. And all but one are on rookie contracts that will be increasing in the next couple years. That 16 can easily become 25 with a fraction of the talent.
That's misrepresenting me. I don't get much out of a list of advanced metrics unless there is a verbal comment on the player. Some people use metrics as if it says everything. That's my objection. I have the capacity to learn but the figures have to have a context.
BTW, you seem to always find a way to put down who you are responding to. That weakens your position as any one who has to get personal may very well have a weak argument.
BTW, you seem to always find a way to put down who you are responding to. That weakens your position as any one who has to get personal may very well have a weak argument.
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We'll see. Converting Cousins to PF sooner than later might be best for us. He's got the offensive game for it and his defensive liabilities will always haunt us. Finding a PF who plays defense is hard enough, much less one who can be a legit anchor. Not that I'm sold on Lopez being a legit anchor, but he's certainly a huge improvement over anything we've had in a long, long time
Just go get my opinion down on paper:
F**k this.
My opinion is that it's an idiotic start by the FO to give up on Tyreke. No amount of "but they saved the team" or "waaah stop over-reacting" will change my opinion.
Vasquez is a good player and Lopez could be decent off the bench, but you don't give up on Tyreke's potential for that. I really hope I'm wrong and this turns out for the best but there's a good chance Tyreke is going to make the FO look like idiots. I almost hope he does.
F**k this.
My opinion is that it's an idiotic start by the FO to give up on Tyreke. No amount of "but they saved the team" or "waaah stop over-reacting" will change my opinion.
Vasquez is a good player and Lopez could be decent off the bench, but you don't give up on Tyreke's potential for that. I really hope I'm wrong and this turns out for the best but there's a good chance Tyreke is going to make the FO look like idiots. I almost hope he does.
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If you trade Vasquez at the deadline its an even bigger fail. You are spiraling down a flexible pieces wormhole then.
He's got to be the guy. The conventional if slow footed PG. McLemore has to work out as the conventional catch and shoot 2. If you are trading Vasquez in 6 months it means he has failed, and you have failed.
He's got to be the guy. The conventional if slow footed PG. McLemore has to work out as the conventional catch and shoot 2. If you are trading Vasquez in 6 months it means he has failed, and you have failed.
The thing that angers me the most about this deal is that the fo went for mediocrity. The Evans-McLemore combo in the backcourt had the potential to be dominant on both ends of the floor, on the other hand Vasquez-McLemore is a question mark defensively and relies heavily on McLemore blowing up in order to be something to write home about on offense.
We had a team that with a few adjustments could have been special and the FO didn't give it a shot and turned it into a team that needs a major strike to win more than 35 games.
We had a team that with a few adjustments could have been special and the FO didn't give it a shot and turned it into a team that needs a major strike to win more than 35 games.
Oh make no doubt about it, this is a self job. We dropped the soap, we bent over after it. Nobody else to blame for this.
How's this for what you resort to as a silver lining: New Orleans has now accumulated so much talent at its guard spots that none of the guys will probably score 20 a night. Collectively they'll drop 50 on you, but at least we are less likely to risk Tyreke blowing up in his first season away from us. There? Doesn't that feel better?
How's this for what you resort to as a silver lining: New Orleans has now accumulated so much talent at its guard spots that none of the guys will probably score 20 a night. Collectively they'll drop 50 on you, but at least we are less likely to risk Tyreke blowing up in his first season away from us. There? Doesn't that feel better?
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