BRIGGS wrote:Nalod wrote:WTF was the Garapolo trade last year? Didn't clev offer one of their first round picks?
No doubt its been a highly efficient system. IN my view they have both diluted and prolonged the dynasty at the same time.
BY that, they could be better but they don't "Go all in". That's not a bad thing by the way.
Montreal Canadians dominated in the expansion era by trading their established for the expansion high draft picks. New teams need cred at the gate and Canadians fed their system with fresh blue chips while winning! Its how the st Louis blues went to finals in first season. Traded for established players but then paid a bad price in the aftermath.
Todays free agent and hard caps makes perpetuating dynasty's harder.
We needed to trade one of Ewing Oakley Mason after 1994 for a list of picks. Unfortunately it started the cycle we are in by running to the tilt.
I agree, and its the reason I harp on the Don Nelson firing as the turning point of the franchise decline.
Another ironic twist was JVG getting a huge 2 year extension at 2mm per (big NBA money at the time) for going to the finals. He meant Dolan had to fire Grunfeld.
So Jeff had a modern run and gun team with In prime Camby, Spree and H20 but was not the right coach for that team.
Good teams are not afraid of the future as they are confident in their ability to restore talent.
Knicks instead perpetuated a playoff run that eventually depleted.
Yes briggs, there are times to shed salary and talent for future assets. THen you reverse it like Celtics did.
I often wonder was there a Shaq for ewing trade there back in the day before Shaq bolted, and would he have resigned with us. I thought I read Shaq never wanted anything to do with NY but to not take the risk of free agency I wonder? It all worked out for him.
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