Its early but so far so good...

Specifically I expect at a minimum for each player:
1. Frank N. Takeover the starters role and be a somewhat below Ang PG in the league.

2. Baker continue to be terrible at shooting and mediocre on the D, while being a better manager than Sessions.

3. Sessions to play exactly as he is now.

4. Willy to play like he does now.

5. Kp to shoot above 45 percent and average above 8 rbs a game.

6. Quinn, Lee, Beasley status quo.

7. Noah to show up in shape and be an average defender and good distributor, while being below average on the D.

8. Thj 44% fg. 35% 3. Below average defense. Neglgible rbs and assists.

What do u guys expect our players at a minimum to do?

nykshaknbake wrote:Sounds good. Though 5 and 2 hurt 4.

Specifically I expect at a minimum for each player:
1. Frank N. Takeover the starters role and be a somewhat below Ang PG in the league.

2. Baker continue to be terrible at shooting and mediocre on the D, while being a better manager than Sessions.

3. Sessions to play exactly as he is now.

4. Willy to play like he does now.

5. Kp to shoot above 45 percent and average above 8 rbs a game.

6. Quinn, Lee, Beasley status quo.

7. Noah to show up in shape and be an average defender and good distributor, while being below average on the D.

8. Thj 44% fg. 35% 3. Below average defense. Neglgible rbs and assists.

What do u guys expect our players at a minimum to do?

5 and 2 can lessen our ping-pong chances but it is unlikely that 2 will be completed and 5 may be rather negative answer.
The rebuilding process is 3 games in and usually takes 3-5 years.
So most of the fans are concern about some irrelevant players who will not be there.
KP himself need at least 2 more years to became something.
Now we are in zero cycle of demolition and building the foundation.

arkrud wrote:The goals of the season:
1. Develop young players.
2. Balance the roster.
3. Trade vets for assets
4. Get into lottery
5. See if Horny is any good.
Not the goals on the season:
1. Win games
2. Make playoffs
3. Get young players seriously injured.

Its early but so far so good...

how can you

1)develop young players, while getting blown out every night, that doesn't change the culture.
2)balance the roster- the same FO that took 3 months to make this the most unbalance roster in the league
3)trade vets- for assets, how can do you that when the vets look horrible in the blowouts
4)Get into the lottery, that would be cool, if we had a competent FO to make the right choice
5)see if horny is any good, in blow outs..How?

If you

1)win games, that clearly indicates the young guys are getting better and learning how to win =DEVELOPMENT
2)make the playoffs, so everyone's value and confidence goes up, now you have trade chips
3)get young players seriously injured, how, frank got injured in practice, injuries can happen at any point in a game or practice.

knicks1248 wrote:

arkrud wrote:The goals of the season:
1. Develop young players.
2. Balance the roster.
3. Trade vets for assets
4. Get into lottery
5. See if Horny is any good.
Not the goals on the season:
1. Win games
2. Make playoffs
3. Get young players seriously injured.

Its early but so far so good...

how can you

1)develop young players, while getting blown out every night, that doesn't change the culture.
2)balance the roster- the same FO that took 3 months to make this the most unbalance roster in the league
3)trade vets- for assets, how can do you that when the vets look horrible in the blowouts
4)Get into the lottery, that would be cool, if we had a competent FO to make the right choice
5)see if horny is any good, in blow outs..How?

If you

1)win games, that clearly indicates the young guys are getting better and learning how to win =DEVELOPMENT
2)make the playoffs, so everyone's value and confidence goes up, now you have trade chips
3)get young players seriously injured, how, frank got injured in practice, injuries can happen at any point in a game or practice.

You want a 5-year old kid to became a man overnight using some magic pill.
Possible in some fiction story but not in real life.
Pro sport is not a comic book.

knicks1248 wrote:

arkrud wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

arkrud wrote:The goals of the season:
1. Develop young players.
2. Balance the roster.
3. Trade vets for assets
4. Get into lottery
5. See if Horny is any good.
Not the goals on the season:
1. Win games
2. Make playoffs
3. Get young players seriously injured.

Its early but so far so good...

how can you

1)develop young players, while getting blown out every night, that doesn't change the culture.
2)balance the roster- the same FO that took 3 months to make this the most unbalance roster in the league
3)trade vets- for assets, how can do you that when the vets look horrible in the blowouts
4)Get into the lottery, that would be cool, if we had a competent FO to make the right choice
5)see if horny is any good, in blow outs..How?

If you

1)win games, that clearly indicates the young guys are getting better and learning how to win =DEVELOPMENT
2)make the playoffs, so everyone's value and confidence goes up, now you have trade chips
3)get young players seriously injured, how, frank got injured in practice, injuries can happen at any point in a game or practice.

You want a 5-year old kid to became a man overnight using some magic pill.
Possible in some fiction story but not in real life.
Pro sport is not a comic book.

what are you talking about?

were getting blown out by other lottery teams dude

1. Keep the picks

I can totally see that Mills will turn his eyes on the picks to save his ass if THjr turns out to be a very average player.

I guarantee 100 percent, we could draft a top 3 pick next summer, and there would still be plenty of threads about how we can get a top pick in the next draft, not long after the next season starts. Its an addiction.

If we make the lottery because we didnt go for a quick fix, Im good with that. But the notion that winning games or the playoffs shouldnt be a goal for this team? No way.