Posted by djsunyc:
Posted by crzymdups:
One thing I'm actually starting to like about this trade is we now have two consistent studs to break down the defense. If we can put them out on the floor with other shooters and athletes who are willing to give some effort on D, it will at the worst be fun to watch.
In thinking about the philosophy behind this trade, the money doesn't faze me (we are only going to add more salary this summer), what bothers me the most is pulling the trigger so early on the Jalen trade. That trade, while the pick was nice, killed our flexibility at the deadline and was a total panic move while Marbury was out. It resulted in 1 win over what, 11 games of Jalen? Now Jalen is spare part. Maybe his ball movement is a help, but I'm guessing he'll be looking for his own shot when he does get the ball.
One thing Larry REALLY has to instill to these guys is ball movement to make this work. Steph and Steve are going to get 15-20pts just being on the court, they need to make sure to get Frye, QRich, Curry and Jalen and (hopefully) DLee involved. It will be an interesting experiment to watch, and we really have nothing to lose at this point.
To me, there's not a ton of risk attached to this trade. We were killed by Craw's inconsistency all season, Francis will give us that consistency, plus things Craw could never do. If Marbury/Francis works, you have an excellent talent base with which to build on this summer. If you can add a healthy Kmart over the summer without giving up Frye, then the roster makes a lot more sense.
Just, the Rose trade is still frustrating and seems like a very expensive patch job that didn't patch a thing.
alot of players will have to sacrifice as well. right now, most of our roster is ineffective without the ball in their hands. how many of them will be content with that? how many are ok to do the dirty work, to rebound, to play defense, and just be a facilitator on offense rather than shooting the ball? that will determine alot.
it could work but there has to be ALOT of changes and ALOT of sacrifices made, by both the players and the coach. it will be interesting to see how it plays out.
I look at what Zeke is doing now, with my optimistic daily rationalization in place, as something similar to what Dallas did when they had a chance to get Antoine Walker and Antawn Jamison for free, basically. The guys made NO SENSE AT ALL on that team (of course they still won with Nash and Nowitzki), but Dallas knew this and was just accumulating talent to deal later in deals that made more sense. They ditched Walker for Jason Terry the next summer, which turned into a great move and turned Jamison into a high lotto pick (Devin Harris) and Jerry Stackhouse, which has turned out pretty good and helped them build a balanced team that has probably the best 5-man second unit in the league.
Zeke has aquired a lot of talent that makes no sense. But we have a crap load of assets to use to acquire any manner of pieces that actually fit this summer. So we are set to be able to make moves.
But one thing I don't really trust Zeke on anymore is the ability to build a roster that makes sense, plays D, rebounds and does the things Larry Brown wants. I don't know if I trust Larry to build it right either and that's a MAJOR problem.
Now would be a perfect time to fire Isiah and bring in that Colangelo kid or some other young bright GM or Russ Granik or Stu Jackson or someone from the NBA league office. We have a ton of assets this summer: use them right and we could be looking at the Eastern Conference Finals in a season or two. Use them wrong and it will be more of the same. I don't have faith in Zeke anymore to make the prudent decisions (outside of the draft).
