IMO, tanking, as in purposely unloading all your good assets, target being the worst team you can be, to pray for lottery & crap shoot luck is a silly option to begin with, but what I get a kick out of is that when asked for even a smidgen of a blueprint, virtually everybody speaks of unloading everybody but JV and getting draft picks and young prospects.
Ummmm, you may bicker about how a few more losses here or there may have landed better young prospects, but that is what this team has been doing since Bosh left. Since then, there has been no crazy FA signings, a la Turk, no wild ass trades trying for a homerun with an over the hill injured J.O. type (Gay is very different and I'll get to him). It's all been about building through the draft, and where we are today is a team full of young prospects that people say blow up and get young prospects,,,,,,,,,,,, huh?
JV - 21, just
DD- 23,,,,,,,,, some say he is what he is, but that's ridiculous. The guy works his butt off to improve, does every year, and is still 4-5 years away from the average peaking age in the NBA, and is damn durable enough to never miss a game in 3 years. He's the epitome of a good young prospect you want on a team.
Ross- 22
Fields -24
The Raps also drafted Davis, who nobody had much use for at the beginning of the year, but he improved his stock just enough to include with expiring Jose and land Gay (26), who is overpaid, but only 2 years left if he doesn't work out.
We also have an ever improving Amir (26) who is the type of heart and soul player every team needs.
We traded for Lowry (27), who may or may not be a long term starter, but he only has 1 year left on his contract.
That's the top 7 key guys on this team, and they average out to 24 years old. This isn't just a young prospect or two, but a young prospect of a TEAM that has only begun to learn to play with each other.
We don't just have a young core, most nowhere near their prime, we have a 7 man rotation of young prospects, that we have no idea how well they can mesh together yet, as only DD and Amir played together before, all the rest are new and didn't play full seasons due either to late season acquisition (Gay) or injuries (Lowry, Fields, even Gay), or rookie bench warming (Ross).
We've spent 4 years already making lottery picks, already have a team full of young prospects, but people want to blow it up and start all over again????
I'll try and play along by asking which of these guys would you unload, and for what do you imagine to get back that will be draft picks you think will help, include players that help this tank plan work, and prospects that will be better than what we already have, not worse. In other words, give an example of moves that you think are feasible, that will ensure a tank, and get prospects and draft picks that are worth the effort and lottery prayers?
Ummmm, you may bicker about how a few more losses here or there may have landed better young prospects, but that is what this team has been doing since Bosh left. Since then, there has been no crazy FA signings, a la Turk, no wild ass trades trying for a homerun with an over the hill injured J.O. type (Gay is very different and I'll get to him). It's all been about building through the draft, and where we are today is a team full of young prospects that people say blow up and get young prospects,,,,,,,,,,,, huh?
JV - 21, just
DD- 23,,,,,,,,, some say he is what he is, but that's ridiculous. The guy works his butt off to improve, does every year, and is still 4-5 years away from the average peaking age in the NBA, and is damn durable enough to never miss a game in 3 years. He's the epitome of a good young prospect you want on a team.
Ross- 22
Fields -24
The Raps also drafted Davis, who nobody had much use for at the beginning of the year, but he improved his stock just enough to include with expiring Jose and land Gay (26), who is overpaid, but only 2 years left if he doesn't work out.
We also have an ever improving Amir (26) who is the type of heart and soul player every team needs.
We traded for Lowry (27), who may or may not be a long term starter, but he only has 1 year left on his contract.
That's the top 7 key guys on this team, and they average out to 24 years old. This isn't just a young prospect or two, but a young prospect of a TEAM that has only begun to learn to play with each other.
We don't just have a young core, most nowhere near their prime, we have a 7 man rotation of young prospects, that we have no idea how well they can mesh together yet, as only DD and Amir played together before, all the rest are new and didn't play full seasons due either to late season acquisition (Gay) or injuries (Lowry, Fields, even Gay), or rookie bench warming (Ross).
We've spent 4 years already making lottery picks, already have a team full of young prospects, but people want to blow it up and start all over again????
I'll try and play along by asking which of these guys would you unload, and for what do you imagine to get back that will be draft picks you think will help, include players that help this tank plan work, and prospects that will be better than what we already have, not worse. In other words, give an example of moves that you think are feasible, that will ensure a tank, and get prospects and draft picks that are worth the effort and lottery prayers?
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