I've been on the outs ever since "The Trade." I tried to take it with a smile on my face in the immediate aftermath, but my relationship with the team was broken right then.
I don't like Buddy Hield because of it, and I can't root for him or the team he's on. It's stupid, it's irrational, it's not Buddy's fault, but it is what it is.
I tuned out pretty hard last year, seldom watching any games. And then not enjoying what I did watch. I mostly followed DMC in NOLA, and after he tore his Achilles I was done.
Then the lottery happened. I was hyped. #2! I was back! Then they took Bagley and I was right back out. I don't even dislike Bagley. I hope he proves me wrong, but I was strongly in a certain other prospects camp. My excitement went right out the window. To the point I didn't even want to watch Summer League. My cousin surprised me with tickets to the second game, and boy howdy was I unimpressed with our #2 prize. (Loved what I saw from Giles and his defense, I'll give him and the team that credit)
But as it is right now, I'm heading into the season very likely not to care about this team. I probably won't follow much NBA until Boogie gets back, then follow that circus. I'll continue to root for him, and I'm excited to see him on a great team with a pretty good chance (slight understatement! Lol) to play for a ring.
Who knows. Maybe Bagley will turn into a 20/10 guy a make me eat all the crow. I hope he does. But until then I'll remain invisible. It's just too much letdown after letdown after letdown for me to care anymore.
Thanks for this thread allowing people like me to get this **** off my chest. I want to love this team. But they need to fix a lot of things before I care again. It's been too long and too incompetent to keep blindly following.