Knixkik wrote:fishmike wrote:Its funny... when I think of "types" I want next to them I would like a long 3 who can shoot and lock it down. Ariza and Tayshaun Prince come to mind. When I think of NBA players the two the come to mind are Middleton and Bradly. I think these are the guys we should be looking to draft though. Pay to keep them sure, but paying to get them is too pricey and we would lose too much in maneuvering the roster to make it work.
I think you can 'cash in' for a player like Bradley or Middleton if you are far enough along where it feels like they are the "missing piece." But i agree, build thru the draft first.
and we arent. We are still building a basic roster. Which is why I dont have a problem with a guy like THjr. Its middle tier money for what is probably a middle tier player. We need good players at every position and this year we are much closer to that. We are average at the 2-3. However, especially on defense thats a big uptick from last year. THjr/Lee/McD/Lance have been ok sharing the minutes at the 2/3. We are killing it at the 4/5. Obviously that is the strength of the team right now. We are getting killed at PG. Jack has been a nice distributor and gets some baskets in the flow. Obviously I am a Frank homer at this point but he brings nothing to the scoring table aside from setting up others. Thats nice, but you need some offense from that spot. It will come in time, but its not there now.
So for me its just enjoy the good play, enjoy the process. Its almost uncharted territory. We had a reasonably good reasonably young team with Felton, Gallo, Chandler, Mozgov, Amare. Should have just stuck that core, kept our picks and worked to keep building through the draft.
It looks like that is the plan now. They clearly want to be young. So far so good. Based on who we have been bringing in and how we are trying to play and do now that the agendas from last year have been purged I can be very patient with this whole process.
"winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs