F500ONE wrote:Yeah not falling for it again
Pelicans - No Davis or Holiday
Sixers - Our Lottery Nemesis
Orlando - Wants Back In Lottery Race
OKC - No Durant
Are our shiny new toys playing good ball yep
But where is this really leading too
Because believe me come June this bumper crop of fans
Will be extremely irate and wondering what next
I may be more confused as ever
you are right, many of these teams are missing their best players. In the case of Oklahoma, they still had Westbrook, Ibaka, RJ and Waiters compared to NY's Melo. NY has a pick and funds to add 2-3 very good players next year, which still makes them at least even to an Oklahoma WITH Durant, imo.
I am encouraged by the play of these guys. They just play. No drama, No BS, No Me-first attitude.
Yesterday, Fish went out of his way to praise THJr. That is a high compliment coming from a character guy like Fisher. Hardaway has had two good games in a row now. If he is actually as good as he can be, the number of pieces NY needs to get back to contention goes down. Even he just a solid rotation player like thomas or Galloway, it helps tremendously. Hardawway backing up a Wes Matthews is pretty good now. Galloway backing up Dragic is good. Lance Thomas backing up Melo is good.
The signs are there that PJax knows what he is doing. The trade of Smith and Shump was a turning point.