With this post you didn't answer any my questions, you simply misrepresented what i'm saying and flipped it back to me.
Posted by TrueBlue:
It's real simple Luva if injuries were the killer this season and last yr was abberation then why not bring every player back next yr and see what happens. Here's what you have said this season thus far
You're oversimplifying what my viewpoint is. It's not an either/or situation. Injuries did hurt, but this team was and is a work in progress. There's no need to act as if we just need to stand pat and everything with work itself out. That's just stupid. I would never suggest such a thing. I've repeatedly said that we're at the beginning of this process, so why would I say stand pat. The injuries had more to do with what we did THIS SEASON. As a team moving forward there was always more work to do.
Posted by TrueBlue:
"We have a very deep Team"(Injuries crippled the team, can't beat sub .500 teams not at full strength , Steve needs to be traded)
I've already addressed the issue of team depth and you obviously didn't read that. Depth comes into play for serious in game foul trouble, short term non serious injuries or when you lose a key player for a while, but VERY FEW teams could survive losing 3 or 4 of their top players at the same time, for a long period of time. That would require that the team have superior talent thru and thru. I NEVER claimed that this team had that kind of talent and you know that. It turned out that this team did have good depth, but let's be reasonable. It's not like this was a championship team already. The depth is a relative thing for the level that this team is at. Ie Detroit is not really known to be a deep team, but they have Championship talent. Dallas and SA do have depth as well as being high caliber teams. Obviously the Knicks don't fall into those categories.
Posted by TrueBlue:
"If everything goes just right this team will win 45, 46gms"(The team was on pace to win 38 when everyone was healthy)
You want to take a preseason prediction and make it into some big issue? Even professional analysts can't forsee all the variables. Also being on pace for a certain record doesn't mean that they WON'T do better than that or worse. It's only an indication of how they've played so far and not a forcast of the future. There are too many variables that come into play for that to be the case. MANY teams go on SPURTS or losing streaks during a season and especially at the end of the year. This injury thing has lasted more than a month. Who knows what would've happened.
Posted by TrueBlue:
"Marbury is one of the better point gaurds in this league"(You are currently saying he can't shoulder the burden and isn't capable of making Balkman and Jeffries better he needs stars around him)
I don't know why you feel it's necessary to try and state for me what my views are. I NEVER said that Steph can't shoulder the burden of running this team. Most of my comments of late have to do with the fact that we've been missing some of our better players and the guys LEFT aren't as capable of holding up their end of the bargain. THUS Steph has had to do MORE than he should just to keep the team competitive. Again there's a huge difference in what you're saying and my actual point of view.
Posted by TrueBlue:
"I like how our young talent is developing"(Curry needs a lot of improvement and you want Nate, Frye, and possibly Jeffries traded)
I never said that I wanted Frye, Nate or Jared traded. In fact I NEVER mentioned Jared. What I said was that Isiah in his efforts to rework the roster, MAY have to trade Frye and Nate. There's a HUGE difference between me saying that and what you're saying I said. It could be some other trade or no trade and just a FA signing that Isiah uses to improve the team. Surely there's no question that the team needs to improve not only from within but by adding some needed pieces and removing guys that don't fit. No one would argue that. What team in our stage of development is going to stand pat? You wouldn't expect any of the lower level teams to do that.
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