Also KP missed so many easy looks last night. He easily could have been 12-21 or 13-21 in my opinion. He was tired coming of a back to back, all the three pointers were short, and when they usually are it's sign of legs not bending enough on release. I believe the entire team shot the ball poorly which shows how much a back to back can affect a game.
I agree no way will the team win more than 15-20 games without Melo/Rose but it won't be like that. Likely we will sign a player to replace Rose. We will need to get a starting level PG. We will also not trade Melo for crap. If we wanted to, Phil would have traded him already.
The final roster won't be with Baker and Kuz starting. Come on. We'll have some real starting talent next to KP/Willy/Lee. O'Quinn/Noah, Thomas, Kuz, Baker off the bench. 2 real legit NBA level starters at 3 and 1. Now after that you can judge what a team built around KP is about.
Worst case? KP fails as the man. So what? We're better in the 2018 lottery. We'll draft top 2. That's not a bad end game. Either KP shows he can carry a team to close to the playoffs or be competitive, or we'll be bad enough that we'll draft a player that actually can. Win-Win in my book.