Why can this team not develop players properly?
Answer #1 - because this team is never willing to truelly rebuild. Its a constant retool. Or some rebuild/retool hybrid. Developing young players will tend to lead towards losing (early in their careers) and this team is constantly in some form of 'win now' mode.
Answer #2 - because this team hasn't drafted effectively, and has overvalued the players it has drafted.
Lets remember from this team's start until Grunwald was fired this team drafted:
- Mighty Mouse, Camby, McGrady, Vince, Mo Pete, Bosh.
They drafted well, they drafted high end and/or valuable players AND allowed them to play in order to get better - even though that resulted in losses early on in their careers.
Coach Casey. I have long maintained he is not the right coach for a rebuilding team. He prefers to not play young players because they make mistakes and those mistakes can lead to losses, and his goal is always to win. He is right in his approach given his philosophy and the approach this team has wanted to take. And this is the problem, the win now approach is a mistake at this given time. If this team wins games because its draft picks are playing well, improving etc, then great. But thats not why its winning games (and I use the term 'winning' loosely ofcourse)
Its not that this team can't develop players, its that its not consistently drafting the right players (and that is not in reference to any one player and/or how good they are or aren't), the ones they do are being overvalued and its not making the sacrifices a team or organization needs to make in order to develop them.
This team should absolutely draft - but realize it needs to build through the draft, and it will likely have to be willing to sacrifice wins, both now and in the near future, for that to work out effectively.
Answer #1 - because this team is never willing to truelly rebuild. Its a constant retool. Or some rebuild/retool hybrid. Developing young players will tend to lead towards losing (early in their careers) and this team is constantly in some form of 'win now' mode.
Answer #2 - because this team hasn't drafted effectively, and has overvalued the players it has drafted.
Lets remember from this team's start until Grunwald was fired this team drafted:
- Mighty Mouse, Camby, McGrady, Vince, Mo Pete, Bosh.
They drafted well, they drafted high end and/or valuable players AND allowed them to play in order to get better - even though that resulted in losses early on in their careers.
Coach Casey. I have long maintained he is not the right coach for a rebuilding team. He prefers to not play young players because they make mistakes and those mistakes can lead to losses, and his goal is always to win. He is right in his approach given his philosophy and the approach this team has wanted to take. And this is the problem, the win now approach is a mistake at this given time. If this team wins games because its draft picks are playing well, improving etc, then great. But thats not why its winning games (and I use the term 'winning' loosely ofcourse)
Its not that this team can't develop players, its that its not consistently drafting the right players (and that is not in reference to any one player and/or how good they are or aren't), the ones they do are being overvalued and its not making the sacrifices a team or organization needs to make in order to develop them.
This team should absolutely draft - but realize it needs to build through the draft, and it will likely have to be willing to sacrifice wins, both now and in the near future, for that to work out effectively.
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