Cheaper options that are as good? Or cheaper options that everyone will complain about the Maloofs not spending any $$$ to win more games? And what if (like this year) no "PG of future" is available in the draft? Do we hang on to a "cheaper" PG for more years until we do draft that legendary PG? And how long does it take that PG to develop?
Just asking....
Probably no one else as good as him was available this year, I'll give you that, but I don't want someone as good as him this year, I want a cheap veteran 2-3 million that is capable, maybe won't score as much or be as flashy, but can at least run the offense and set up his teammates. We are going nowhere and competing for nothing this year, so why do we need to pay Beno, who is average at best, 6 million to contend for nothing?
We didn't get a PG this year because we are still stuck in the mindset that we can be just good enough to compete for that last playoff spot (actually we can't). If we finally quit signing MLE band-aids to eek out an extra 3-4 wins each year we will get a top 10 draft pick, let me list 5 PG prospects better then Beno that should be available in next year's draft: Ricky Rubio, Brandon Jennings, Ty Lawson, Darren Collison, and possibly Tyreke Evans. That's 5 better PG options. Add in to the draft the likes of the top non-PG's, Blake Griffin, Demar DeRozan, B.J Mullen, Hashem Thabeet, and Earl Clark and your odds of getting one of those top PG's with a top 10 picks are extremely high.
We don't need to wait years and years until we "draft that legendary PG" we need to wait approximately 1 year. 2 max.