Just need to keep at it. The point is we have to try and keep trying which is a far cry to the past 10 years where our FO didn't even see the point or werent on the same page.
Things are harder for us yes because we are the Kings but where there is concentrated effort there will be results and there is no argument we aren't going about things with the right approach in mind.
We got afflalo and tolliver because we missed out in FA on anderson, matthews and they we're an absolute need and will be gone in 6 months. Temple actually fills a need and was a great addition.
Vlade is doing a good job. We'll judge the picks soon but I think with brogdan coming over and temple our SG needs arent far off being set.
Of course we have to try. No doubt about that and that wasn't the point I was trying to make. This board is divided between guys thinking or convincing themselves, that we are on the right track and posters, who don't believe so.
But you can't give credit to a GM of an NBA team for trying. That's just the harsh reality. I don't care if it's Vlade, a beloved Kings player, or someone like PDA. In the end only results matter -
sympathy doesn't matter, playstyle doesn't matter, wether the players are young guns or veterans or role models or thugs doesn't matter. All that matters is the amount of wins.
And I respectfully disagree completely with your assessement of the Kings body of work.
I don't believe in the common narrative, that things are harder, because we are the Kings (outside of signing top tier FA's). If you want a reasoning for that, just take a look at this years Grizzlies. The issue is not, that it's hard for the Kings. The issue is, that we seem to be not competent enough to think outside the box and get players, who will contribute, who fit our vision of the team and our system, but aren't a hot commodity on the FA market. And the issue is, that we can't sell our vision to players, who are actually a hot commodity.
I don't believe we do things with the right approach in mind.
Afflalo and Tolliver weren't needed. The signing of Matt Barnes was highly questionable, even though I believe this one is on Joerger and it's understandable from a culture and leadership point of view. Ryan Anderson would have been a bad addition. The draft picks of the recent years, didn't fit the need of this team (outside of Malachi and Bogdan, who isn't signed yet). In the end I'm sorry to say, that Vlade isn't doing a good job from my point of view.
I don't want to spoil anyones optimism. I don't want to drag anyone down. I just view things differentely, than some of you.