knicks1248 wrote:who care about keeping and adding young guys if they are not getting better.
There isn't another choice.
The real problem is you believe there are alternatives because you believe some of your trade proposals are actually feasible. Over the years, I've never seen even one of your trade proposals or free agent signing proposals that was even remotely sensible/plausible. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, you aren't even aiming the darts near the dartboard. You are just tossing them into the ocean.
In a world where trade rape is normal and other non Knicks teams have no sense of self preservation, then Yes, there are more alternatives and to you, that means there are better choices.
In the way the NBA marketplace actually operates, you draft, you do the best you can at the time and place, you hope for the best and work hard and you hope the law of averages work out in your favor.
First sign of a true trade rapist - They have no concept of missing on a player or a pick. Even great team, great GMs, great legacies in the game, there were bad decisions over time. You can't hit 100 percent of the time. This is why these "Do these 2 things this year, then this next year, then this and that a year after that, this is the PLAN" scenarios are all insane.
Teams are going to miss sometimes. It can't be avoided. That they miss is not a reason to abandon the only practical team building process that exists.