Unfortunately, there's next to a 0% chance we're going to take the macro approach this season and truly focus in on developing our core together as the main goal as opposed to adding 2 or 3 extra wins. There's no doubt in my mind that we're going to see Bagley or Giles sitting at least a couple times this season at the end of the game when ZBO as a "hot" offensive game and we feed him down the stretch. Same with Shumpert in lieu of Buddy/Bogdan/JJ at some point this year as well.
WCS should have been traded this off-season as well. It's just hard to see where he fits with us long-term and it makes next to 0 sense to pay him, even if he does have a good year when we have Bagley/Giles/Skal all on team-controlled contracts and all of whom are significantly younger than WCS. I still think there's some upside in WCS game, but we clearly showed we've moved past him with the Bagley pick taking up one of the front-court spots for the next decade and Giles being hyped as a franchise savior.
This is what frustrates me most about Vlade as a GM. He just doesn't understand (or refuses) to set the team up for long-term success. Looking at the roster we're likely heading into the season with, it looks like we're going to be in for another 10-11 man rotation where nobody gets more than 28-30 MPG. Maybe I'll be wrong, but it's hard to believe Shump/Koufos/Randolph aren't involved in the rotation in some fashion taking valuable minutes away from guys we should be developing.
WCS should have been traded this off-season as well. It's just hard to see where he fits with us long-term and it makes next to 0 sense to pay him, even if he does have a good year when we have Bagley/Giles/Skal all on team-controlled contracts and all of whom are significantly younger than WCS. I still think there's some upside in WCS game, but we clearly showed we've moved past him with the Bagley pick taking up one of the front-court spots for the next decade and Giles being hyped as a franchise savior.
This is what frustrates me most about Vlade as a GM. He just doesn't understand (or refuses) to set the team up for long-term success. Looking at the roster we're likely heading into the season with, it looks like we're going to be in for another 10-11 man rotation where nobody gets more than 28-30 MPG. Maybe I'll be wrong, but it's hard to believe Shump/Koufos/Randolph aren't involved in the rotation in some fashion taking valuable minutes away from guys we should be developing.