What Realistically can be done to improve?
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Brandon Knight to me could be a interesting trade option as our starting PG. he's struggled for the Bucks but is long athletic and can handle well enough to play the point, maybe the Bucks will do a trade with us involving him for Vasquez + Jimmer and maybe throw it something else for Udoh as well. The Bucks have probs decided to go full tank mode so no need to have him.
I've always liked Brandon Knight. Good shooter, plays hard, developing as a playmaker. Smart kid too. He's coming off a 20, 9, and 8 performance though so I don't think Milwaukee is eager to trade him. If they are rebuilding, guys like Knight and Antetokounmpo who are young and improving will be the last to go. He might be a possible free agency target in a couple years if they don't sign him to an extension.
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He's not even running the team any better imo, he's a average passer and he can't break down a defense and more and more he's taking awful shots. I just don't see how he makes the team better. I admit I was for the trade since I didn't want to overpay Reke but getting a close look at Vasquez he's a product of that Monty Williams system like you guys said. I admit I was badly wrong on that one awful trade. Would have been better off trading for Robin Lopez.
ahem
Tyreke Evans tonight:
24pts (8-13, 0-1, 8-11) 1reb 7ast 4stl 0blk 1TO
guy Evans traded for:
6pts (2-8, 0-2, 2-2) 1reb 3ast 1stl 0blk 2TO
guy drafted who was going to make Evans expendable:
4pts (1-5, 0-2, 2-2) 0reb 0ast 2stl 0blk 1TO
guy who spent money on instead of Reke:
wearing a suit
gee, sure is too bad we don't have an extra talented weapon or two to help out Cuz with. Wonder how come we don't.
Tyreke Evans tonight:
24pts (8-13, 0-1, 8-11) 1reb 7ast 4stl 0blk 1TO
guy Evans traded for:
6pts (2-8, 0-2, 2-2) 1reb 3ast 1stl 0blk 2TO
guy drafted who was going to make Evans expendable:
4pts (1-5, 0-2, 2-2) 0reb 0ast 2stl 0blk 1TO
guy who spent money on instead of Reke:
wearing a suit
gee, sure is too bad we don't have an extra talented weapon or two to help out Cuz with. Wonder how come we don't.
True dat. Hate to cry over the past but we could have had Robin Lopez. It would break my heart if we could have had Lopez instead of Vasquez. If they are on different teams and it was not possible then my aging heart is safe. Ain't gonna look it up.
BTW, you know I understand where you are coming from but what we don't know is the effect of Malone on Cousins and Evans as a pair. It's too late to be concerned.
BTW, you know I understand where you are coming from but what we don't know is the effect of Malone on Cousins and Evans as a pair. It's too late to be concerned.
Look, if it absolutely had to be either/or, then the right decision was made, without question: allowing for competent management, it is much easier to build a team around a great big than a great little.
Since such things were kept in the locker room, however, there will always be speculation about whether or not it truly had to be either/or. Guys like Brick and myself look at what could have been Shaq/Kobe 2.0, and can't help but be wistful/angry.
Since such things were kept in the locker room, however, there will always be speculation about whether or not it truly had to be either/or. Guys like Brick and myself look at what could have been Shaq/Kobe 2.0, and can't help but be wistful/angry.
Reports are that they were willing to offer Reke an $8mil/yr contract. If there was some destructive conflict there offering him an $8mil contract wouldn't have made much sense, no?
Its very convenient to just assume in a conflict when it serves as justification. Unfortunately it doesn't match the facts as known anymore than we're going to build with youth...but offer a huge contract to Igoudala makes sense.
Its very convenient to just assume in a conflict when it serves as justification. Unfortunately it doesn't match the facts as known anymore than we're going to build with youth...but offer a huge contract to Igoudala makes sense.
What burns me up the most about it is that we never got to see what they could do under competent leadership. If we could have gotten even forty games out of Evans and Cousins under a real coach, even just until the trade deadline, and the front office still determined that it wasn't going to work, then you just shake your head and move on, at that point.
I feel like I was cheated out of closure.
I feel like I was cheated out of closure.
For how much confidence you appear to have regarding Malone, I'm shocked you keep posting this. It appears you have confidence in Malone in regards to every decision he makes, often giving him the benefit of the doubt, yet you keep posting that Reke/Cuz could not exist.
A dominant big and a guard who can create and get to the rim when needed has long been a blueprint for success in this league. It's been proven successful time and time again in NBA cities across this nation. The reasons why have been regurgitated repeatedly so no point to get into that at this time but I see no reason to assume they couldn't have had success, especially without being given a chance under a legit NBA head coach.
Reke and Cuz were friends. Reke showed he was an ultimate team player, to a fault actually, not only taking a backseat to Cuz but often taking a backseat to our entire offense, or getting benched for long stretches. Yet he still wanted to be a King. I see no evidence to suggest they couldn't coexist nor that Reke wouldn't willingly take a backseat to Cuz.
We have no one currently who can get to the rim in the halfcourt with any regularity. We have no 1v1 players who can get a shot when Cuz is loaded up on or on the bench. We resort to long stretches of jacking up jumpers without any presence in the paint. Our guards currently are incapable of penetrating, drawing defenders and creating passing lanes to our shooters. Our backcourt is getting abused on a nightly basis as none of our guards have shown they're even average defensively. How can a player who can do those things not coexist with Cuz, Malone or this team when that's the exact type of player(s) most agree we need to add to this roster?
I'd also add, Reke/Cuz running the two man game was one of the few bright spots from all of last season.
A dominant big and a guard who can create and get to the rim when needed has long been a blueprint for success in this league. It's been proven successful time and time again in NBA cities across this nation. The reasons why have been regurgitated repeatedly so no point to get into that at this time but I see no reason to assume they couldn't have had success, especially without being given a chance under a legit NBA head coach.
Reke and Cuz were friends. Reke showed he was an ultimate team player, to a fault actually, not only taking a backseat to Cuz but often taking a backseat to our entire offense, or getting benched for long stretches. Yet he still wanted to be a King. I see no evidence to suggest they couldn't coexist nor that Reke wouldn't willingly take a backseat to Cuz.
We have no one currently who can get to the rim in the halfcourt with any regularity. We have no 1v1 players who can get a shot when Cuz is loaded up on or on the bench. We resort to long stretches of jacking up jumpers without any presence in the paint. Our guards currently are incapable of penetrating, drawing defenders and creating passing lanes to our shooters. Our backcourt is getting abused on a nightly basis as none of our guards have shown they're even average defensively. How can a player who can do those things not coexist with Cuz, Malone or this team when that's the exact type of player(s) most agree we need to add to this roster?
I'd also add, Reke/Cuz running the two man game was one of the few bright spots from all of last season.
Since he has gotten healthy, he actually has been an impact player and in a majority of the games has been their 2nd best player along with having to guard the best perimeter player on the opposing team and run their 2nd unit with Ryan Anderson. That Pelicans squad is at .500 right now in the toughest division in the NBA.
