I think we would both agree that doing something (likely via trade) is far better than doing nothing to improve the team. My hope is just that it happens sooner rather than later, so that we can get the most out of our training camp.
No we don’t all agree. Remember Vlade’s first trade to clear up cap space. Our first ended up being Jason Tatum but Vlade traded pick swaps. Making a bad trade is far worse than doing nothing.
I ain't supporting no one, and especially not me, singing anything. Trust me, you do NOT want to hear me sing. You'd much rather be deaf at that point.
Today, I learned that...
I'm pissed off! I've been lied to my entire life when it comes to the meaning of tanking in sports! These people (i.e. so-called "experts") don't know anything!!!
I dare you to say that to one of the well-known sports personalities out there, and then report back to us on how that ensuing exchange ended up for ya...
I am curious to hear of such examples. In my experience, most teams that tend to be competitive are unable to develop young players. In our own case, we lost the best years of both Hedo and Wallace to other teams as we prioritized Jim Jackson and Anthony Peeler over them; Ws gave the short stick to Kuminga with the arrival of Butler, which not only might force them to lose him, but is also preventing them from making any other moves.
I truly do not get your fascination with players like Zion and Ben Simmons, and why they would be more fascinating to you than someone like Westbrook. As @TheMobb pointed out/asked, knowing both players' history, what exactly makes you think things will be any different, and better, in Sacramento?
We didn't lose Wallace because we didn't develop him. We lost Wallace because there was an expansion draft, and we were had to leave a contract exposed to the expansion draft. We did a poor job of planning for the expansion draft and all of our non-core contracts expired that offseason. Every contract we had was a core piece (except Wallace, who was not yet ready), and we were trying to win a title. We had Bibby, Christie, Peja, Webber, Vlade, BJax, Miller, and Wallace. That's it. The Hornets were certain to grab whichever one of them we left exposed.
Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't there also a general consensus that, even if we had left Webber exposed in the draft as opposed to Wallace, Charlotte would probably not have grabbed him due to his history of injuries at that time?
That certainly was something, but obviously that kind of move didn't help the team.
There was discussion of that, but no consensus. It would have been extremely risky for us, and we don't know if Charlotte would have grabbed him as the only available star to build around. Very, very risky. "Hope Gerald Wallace, who will certainly get snatched up, doesn't break out" was probably the best move at the time. Didn't really work out.
The Thunder were actually tanking this season.
But that's exactly the point. Wallace wasn't a core piece, was not getting the floor time he deserved, and had little immediate future with us.
Maybe, but (a) you don't take the risk when you are competing for a championship, and (b) you don't disrespect your senior player even if the plan is to keep him.
Everyone is poo-pooing Eubanks but he's actually more of a like-for-like replacement for Domas (at a much lower level) than JV was. JV gave us a completely different look in a starting quality center coming off the bench but Eubanks was actually a good signing that won't get in the way of Maxime if he is ready for 6-8 mpg later in the season (probably not but it could happen).
