This is Walsh's challenge. You made jokes about Mosgov but he started to look like a pretty damn good prospect. You called Landry Fields a wasted pick, now he looks like a fixture at SG for the next 10 years. Walsh bought a pick for Douglas, who's been hurt but has shown he's a solid bench/rotation guy in this league. Shawn Williams is a scrap heap reclamation project but he's been pretty solid also hasnt he? Walsh signed Felton for a budget $7mm
Walsh knows what he's doing and he's shown to be a pretty solid evaluator of talent.
Ask yourself this... When Walsh took over 2 1/2 years ago we were build around Curry, Zach, Marbury and had a couple OK guys in the pipeline, Lee, Nate, etc.
Would you have traded that whole roster for Melo and Amare and start from there? It would be hard not to... how many times and crazy trades have we suggested to get a franchise player in here? You yourself once suggested trading 3 first round picks and guys on our roster for Kwame Brown. KWAME FREAKIN BROWN. Your thinking was poor at the time, but your logic was sound. The idea is that we NEEDED a stud player that could impress his will on a game and take over. WE have seen how Amare's ability to do that separates him from guys who just fill out the stat sheet like Lee. Now we have TWO of those guys to build around.
There is no guarentee it happens. This could be a Hawks part II and a perenial 2nd round team while our stars collect massive paychecks and we dont have the high picks or cap space to add impact players to get us over the hump. OR maybe we find a Rondo, a Ben Wallace, make a good trade or two...
The depth on this roster had been utterly depleated, but the talent has been upgraded, bigtime. Let the man work
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