This upcoming draft has too many high ceiling players to not consider trading CA and do a short rebuild by 2017 when the CAP rises signigantly
Grab some talents from Kentucky, especially their BIGS, and multiple upside talents, in the 1st and 2nd round, and focus on development for our future
Grab the Rasheed Wallace, Billups, Battier, etc, overpay for coaching, but these players are versatile and know to link the old school games with the new *evolved* league
Former players that have HIGH IQ, versatile skill sets, and can pass their knowledge, that has the respect of these young guys and will listen to them as they are their idols and appreciate the ability to learn from them abilties/knowledge of the game, as they are all students of the game
Even Trainers, we must hand select and spend the money, equipment, on how to build their body on the for the fit and style of play to go with their physical strengths and weakness's
The game has evolved and so has Sports Science, Kerr understands this and that is why he tweaked his system to fit the skills of his players to go with the way the league has evolved
Defending the 3pter is a must not, it is not an hard shot for many
Everyone must have the ability to spread the floor, defend multiple positions *needing speed/quickness/HIGH IQ*, handle the ball/post up, and be strong/quick/athletic
The progessions from College to the NBA is completely different so spending the money on how to develop these guys bodies while preventing future injuries is essential
Build the core, agility, and physical abilties to go with smarts/IQ and we will have a very bright future
While ONE pick isn't enough, if we can do a firesale for any players that could get us 2nd rounders outside of Thanasis, it would be a perfect timing with our cap space we have to concentrate on development on our roster, coaching, and development coaches/trainers, by 2017 they will show enough potential to attract FA's where many talents will be available
So grabbing as many younger/talents that could teach our young guys how to play, how to defend, how to train off the court, and by 2017 it would be better than any option for our next decade than any other route we choose
By then, many teams will also improve and many teams have upwards of 15 picks in the next 3 drafts
Having 1 top pick even if it is #1, simply is not enough
The timing of it with our losing season could be the ultimate blessing in diguise and disgust
But till then, spend as much money on players/coaching staff that unvail the ceiling/talents of this draft, and our guy guys that are were are in The Summer/D League Roster
CA has to go, he is not a true foundation to build upon
JR Smith, a great friend of CA, recently stated the difference between CA and Lebron's leadership, and it surely is affecting his play as well
JR Smith said something like, CA is a leader that shows you how to do things
While Lebron is a leader that tells you and then shows you how to do things
With that said, CA is who he is at this point, you cannot expect him to change at his age, however, he just isn't a true veteran/leader
However, by *overpaying for Draymond Green* and the combination of young talents and this draft, we can be a TOP defensive team that learns how to play as a team, while adding/developing young talent each year till 2017, where MANY STARs will be available
NO ONE is going to choose NY over any other team this summer that offers anything close to another team
So we are going to have to either overpay for talent regardless and if we are going to overpay, OVERPAY FOR YOUNG TALENT that improves the culture, chemistry, defensive, work ethic, and development of our entire roster, while still being young/improving a couple years from now and still not declining for our future
We have to play as a team, especially with all the talents stacking up together
With all these "BAD TEAMS" having young players, draft picks, and young talent, they will also get much better, while the teams with Lebron/Pau etc, will decline in a couple years signigantly
1/21/2015 1:05 PM