Kevin Durant commanding $200M is NOT the topic du jour. Nor is it salivating over Kevin Love.

There is only ONE, "big name" potential free agent worthy of the fuss and he has injury issues - Joakim Noah... and Chicago will not give him up without a fight.

Quality skill sets are not only found on the header of the marquee.

Much rather have Anthony Davis

F500ONE wrote:

smackeddog wrote:The big name things boring- they ain't going to happen. The Hawks and Pistons have shown you don't even need big names to succeed. I just want us to target two way, non-flashy, good character players, and build on that

Yeah when you don't have a Lebron or Durant

You don't go searching for the next biggest star or try everything possible

To pipe dream that they'll show up at your doorstep eventually while you toil endlessly

You build a team with players, who by the sum

Of their parts are greater than 1 or 2 stars, which creates the star[s] from within

Looks like we agree on something for a change

smackeddog wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

smackeddog wrote:The big name things boring- they ain't going to happen. The Hawks and Pistons have shown you don't even need big names to succeed. I just want us to target two way, non-flashy, good character players, and build on that

Yeah when you don't have a Lebron or Durant

You don't go searching for the next biggest star or try everything possible

To pipe dream that they'll show up at your doorstep eventually while you toil endlessly

You build a team with players, who by the sum

Of their parts are greater than 1 or 2 stars, which creates the star[s] from within

Looks like we agree on something for a change

George Karl was hoping to accomplish this very thing

While in Denver after the Melo trade

Call him choke artists blah blah blah or whatever

But his principle has always been Spot On if you don't have a Star of Stars

There aren't a bunch of Lebrons and Durants to be had, Matter of fact there's none really

And who likes waiting on these dudes to come off 4-5yr deals

To have a shot at them, now don't get me wrong

Phil should leave his option open for a chance at Durant[whatever odds say] but don't be all in here

Phil has a chance to do what no other exec has been capable of

Crack the code of failure and turn it into success

Create his own standard of executive decisions, his start has been near dreadful

But he has some possible outs on the horizon

F500ONE wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

smackeddog wrote:The big name things boring- they ain't going to happen. The Hawks and Pistons have shown you don't even need big names to succeed. I just want us to target two way, non-flashy, good character players, and build on that

Yeah when you don't have a Lebron or Durant

You don't go searching for the next biggest star or try everything possible

To pipe dream that they'll show up at your doorstep eventually while you toil endlessly

You build a team with players, who by the sum

Of their parts are greater than 1 or 2 stars, which creates the star[s] from within

Looks like we agree on something for a change

George Karl was hoping to accomplish this very thing

While in Denver after the Melo trade

Call him choke artists blah blah blah or whatever

But his principle has always been Spot On if you don't have a Star of Stars

There aren't a bunch of Lebrons and Durants to be had, Matter of fact there's none really

And who likes waiting on these dudes to come off 4-5yr deals

To have a shot at them, now don't get me wrong

Phil should leave his option open for a chance at Durant[whatever odds say] but don't be all in here

Phil has a chance to do what no other exec has been capable of

Crack the code of failure and turn it into success

Create his own standard of executive decisions, his start has been near dreadful

But he has some possible outs on the horizon

George Karl strategy was working well, until the idiot owner decided to fire him, let the Gm walk and somehow let the talent slowly drain from the roster.

smackeddog wrote:Apparently we might be bringing in Horace Grant to join the coaching staff according to Twitter (Begley retweeting some writer interviewing Horace Grant)

Don't like this nepotistic like operation

But if it somehow gets us Jerian Grant[who played against Duke the other day]

Via Twin relation to Harvey, Jerian's dad

In addition to what we have going positively okay

F500ONE wrote:

smackeddog wrote:Apparently we might be bringing in Horace Grant to join the coaching staff according to Twitter (Begley retweeting some writer interviewing Horace Grant)

Don't like this nepotistic like operation

But if it somehow gets us Jerian Grant[who played against Duke the other day]

Via Twin relation to Harvey, Jerian's dad

In addition to what we have going positively okay

nixluva wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

smackeddog wrote:Apparently we might be bringing in Horace Grant to join the coaching staff according to Twitter (Begley retweeting some writer interviewing Horace Grant)

Don't like this nepotistic like operation

But if it somehow gets us Jerian Grant[who played against Duke the other day]

Via Twin relation to Harvey, Jerian's dad

In addition to what we have going positively okay

I actually don't see a problem with Phil looking at guys he trusts. He coached and trained these guys and he's just nurturing his coaching tree, which hasn't always gotten all the support they need. Here guys will get the support they need and come up in the system which will only serve to reinforce the culture and philosophy Phil believes in. It's a circle of support and one clear direction which this franchise has lacked in the past.

You hire the most qualified not your

Personal cronies exclusively at every chance

If Horace was really a teacher of the craft

And wanted in badly he would have been well known through coaching circles by now

Odom=Bust

Shannon=Busted

MbengedOn=Bustomatic

Not every idea Phil has is always a mercury riser

We are set on building a team based on a system. We need as much talent as possible in the starting lineup, so after cementing Melo as the star, we will spread the wealth, welcome the lottery selection and fill the rest with many talented and hungry players from the DLeague and overseas.

Its good to have a sensible plan for a change.