Posted by BRIGGS:
Posted by BlueSeats:
We could trade anyone on this team not drafted by us, with the possible exception of Curry, and I'd shed not a tear from these jaded eyes.
To me, there comes a time you have to establish a core foundation and stick with it for the long haul. From my perspective that core is Frye Curry and marbury. You have to have that. We have to realize through watching the games that we are drastically inconsistent---that we cannot have q and craw as 30 mi players--we need more consistent guys--we need a SF a better G another big guy--so on.
I understand your point, we just have different emotions around Steph and the virtue of building a team from the ground up with homegrown talent.
As for Steph, I'm simply not turned on by his energy, demeanor, towel head, repetitive disses by former coaches and teammates, etc. I find him a bit too acidic for whatever we seem to be cooking. And that's all before I look at his 'tweener' style of floor play.
I'm simply relieved we now have some frontcourt potential to give hope, cause last year when we were backcourt dominated with little hope of obtaining franchise caliber talent upfront, I was willing to trade everyone but Ariza. So now it's up from 1 to 4 guys (and I add in Curry till he proves me wrong) who have the kind of heart, work ethic, team-first mentalities, and floor games that I find easy to root for.
The rest are just mercenaries and rentals.
So strides have been made, but there's still a long way to go.
And this is from someone who still expects this squad to end better than it's starting. I'm just not thrilled by high priced mediocrity, and I'd trade it for a shot at high draft picks and under the cap free agency in a heartbeat. I'd trade mediocrity for a chance at something special every time. Steph just isn't the kind of 'special' I'm looking for.
11/29/2005 4:39 PM
