EnySpree wrote:jrodmc wrote:Remember the whole start to the Hinkie "process"?That's the new approach Phil can try! Hinkie process redemption projects! Noel! OK4!
Life is not always cut and dry. Things don't always go according to plan. MCW was the rookie of the year. You can't predict that a kid like that would regress. You can't predict Embiid would miss basically 2 season's. Can't product that okafor would become a flop. Or that Ben Simmons would have a season sending injury.... if they all played healthy when they were supposed to and all panned out to their potential... the process would have been incredible.
To flip it back to us... the Knicks are in their own process. We had our share of players drafted and signed. Not everything panned out we would be contending right now. We still have a healthy future. Hopefully more players stick and this rebuild gets expedited
...or that Nerlens Noel would spend his existence as trade bait and waiting for someone to get hurt.
Yes, and you can play that game all day with every scenario; if Rose came back and was someone else, distributing intelligently instead of a last resort when he can't do anything else but pass, and Noah hadn't been doing medical residency and taking illegal supplements and someone besides Melo could be counted on to hit shots when it mattered and Lee and Rose actually were a defensive upgrade over Pablo and Jose...
The difference is, tanking seriously has gotten Philly what? I give Phil credit for at least not going the full Hinkie. He tried to keep us competitive at times, other than the NBDL highlight season with Lunchpail Lou and the cameo appearance by Jimmer Fredette.
When you determine that life is always about tomorrow, and you are constantly spending your todays in the septic tank, could that possibly have at least some cause and effect on the outcomes of MCW, OK4, Noel...etc...?
Another 10 years from now, if Philly is relevant again, is someone seriously going to point to the process? Is that what competitive basketball is all about? Sh-t yourself for ping pong balls? I've hated this whole lottery process from the time they changed it. The Ewing lottery, even if fixed, at least didn't applaud and provide benefits to the very best loser. You could just miss the playoffs or suhuck worse than our 17 win team... no worse a shot at getting number 1.
That at least gives lip service to the idea that Sinix and all these other Melohating harpies seem to regurgitate endlessly. Playing hard every night in front of the real fans, no matter what.
Yes, and I know Melo suhucks on D and holds the ball too long for Phil, thanks.