Posted by Bippity10:
Role players are great. I agree with you 100% but only if they make sense for the roster you have. QWoods, Butler, Jalen, Stevie, JJ1, Mo Taylor were also role players. And pretty good ones too(well besides JJ1). So were Clarence and Othella and Charlie and Shandon. But role players are only worthwhile if they make sense to your roster. In the past, this is the direction we have not gone. We must continue to find players that fit a team that is built around the building blocks that Isiah has determined as his "franchise". That's what having a vision is all about, no?
I guess I'm jsut confused as to why people are arguing about building a balanced team when we all know that the day we start really being a factor in the East we will have some very different players.
under layden, his 3 best players were spree, h20, and camby. not a bad three which he inherited. he then surrounded them with guys like eisley, shandon, spoon, and othella. layden was building a playoff caliber supporting cast. all that team really needed was a franchise player (the toughest thing to find). and he put all his eggs in the mcdyess basket. and trio of spree, h20, and dice (healthy) along with a supporting cast of ward and shantella eisleyspoon actually makes some noise in the east. in fact, it makes alot of noise since the east was weak at that time. the problem of course, is that layden did in fact put all his eggs in the dice basket. when that blew up in his face, he started using the draft to add talent.
