Did we invest too much in Chemistry and Growth.

[mcHAPPY]

A lot of you guys are acting like this is a finished product. At best this is a second round playoff team, and I'm cool with that. Baby steps guys. This was never meant to be a championship team. There will be changes in the next year, don't worry.

Agree.

My frustration is team is not near developing for the future to max potential - a defensive system that is now known league wide combined with an offense that is comparable to And-1 mix tapes.

It is all about now and now has limited upside.

[Mr.Z]

Things are looking a little grim guys... I was so happy for a while. Now I'm scared... why can't we have nice things?

[Employee]

A lot of you guys are acting like this is a finished product. At best this is a second round playoff team, and I'm cool with that. Baby steps guys. This was never meant to be a championship team. There will be changes in the next year, don't worry.

[KHD]

Nick Nurse would at least be able to get three pointer shooter open and shots. All three assistants look like they were brought in to eventually replace Casey but then the winning happened.

pretty sure this is exactly what happened.

[raptors999]

Yeah but at least when he did chuck there wasn't as much time left on the clock...

Honestly someone else already suggested it but Tom Sterner has an impressive resume and some good ideas about offense. Nick Nurses offense was also pretty powerful in the d league...

Nick Nurse would at least be able to get three pointer shooter open and shots. All three assistants look like they were brought in to eventually replace Casey but then the winning happened.

[Bendit]

If Masai truly thinks Casey is right for the team (at least for now) and Casey feels the team lacks players with ball movement abilities, then the obvious answer is that you let Lou go (or s&t him, as I don't think Masai will trade him now - though we never know) and sign someone who can move the ball (preferably a wing who can also shoot. Point is, if te personnel isn't right for good, SUSTAINABLE offense, then simply put, we need to change the personnel.

MU will never answer that verbally (at least not without a hedge). He cannot diminish the coach nor the player/s because that devalues them. So, we have to wait for any tangible action (trade) which should indicate how MU really feels about this period. I suspect he shall wait for a while yet until DD has a few games in to see how/if the team reacts/reverses to the better version.

[e_wheazhy_]

Gay could pass and he became a chucker. Evan Nash would end up chucking. Calderon at least dribbled for a long time.

Yeah but at least when he did chuck there wasn't as much time left on the clock...

Honestly someone else already suggested it but Tom Sterner has an impressive resume and some good ideas about offense. Nick Nurses offense was also pretty powerful in the d league...

[raptors999]

If Masai truly thinks Casey is right for the team (at least for now) and Casey feels the team lacks players with ball movement abilities, then the obvious answer is that you let Lou go (or s&t him, as I don't think Masai will trade him now - though we never know) and sign someone who can move the ball (preferably a wing who can also shoot. Point is, if te personnel isn't right for good, SUSTAINABLE offense, then simply put, we need to change the personnel.

Gay could pass and he became a chucker. Evan Nash would end up chucking. Calderon at least dribbled for a long time.

[e_wheazhy_]

If Masai truly thinks Casey is right for the team (at least for now) and Casey feels the team lacks players with ball movement abilities, then the obvious answer is that you let Lou go (or s&t him, as I don't think Masai will trade him now - though we never know) and sign someone who can move the ball (preferably a wing who can also shoot. Point is, if te personnel isn't right for good, SUSTAINABLE offense, then simply put, we need to change the personnel.

[raptors999]

Problem is Raptors are playing like a tank team and those habit are hard to break.

[GLF]

I have been tough on Casey, but Casey isn't the only issue here.

We have the personnel to be a good team in the East--which we are--but that is not the same as a great team in the NBA. If our sights are set on a championship, we need major talent infusions.

Fortunately we have a lot of dead weight that is expiring, and how that financial flexibility is used will tell us Masai's vision for the future.

That's true but right now like at this current moment we aren't good in the East. The record says so, but we aren't beating any good to decent teams anytime soon with the way we have been playing that's for sure.

[mcHAPPY]

I have been tough on Casey, but Casey isn't the only issue here.

We have the personnel to be a good team in the East--which we are--but that is not the same as a great team in the NBA. If our sights are set on a championship, we need major talent infusions.

Fortunately we have a lot of dead weight that is expiring, and how that financial flexibility is used will tell us Masai's vision for the future.

Small steps.

A little over a year ago the team was league doormat.

I think the team is about as far as they can go under Casey.....but unless things keep going like they are of very late, then I'd give him the year.

[MixxAOR]

yeah being Good in the East is not exactly flattering.

[Scraptor]

Because we definitely have the personnel to be a good team in the East. The personnel to me right now is not the problem. They just aren't being used correctly at all and that's on Casey.

I have been tough on Casey, but Casey isn't the only issue here.

We have the personnel to be a good team in the East--which we are--but that is not the same as a great team in the NBA. If our sights are set on a championship, we need major talent infusions.

Fortunately we have a lot of dead weight that is expiring, and how that financial flexibility is used will tell us Masai's vision for the future.

[GLF]

All I have to say is mcHAPPY was COMPLETELY right. I now agree that Dwane Casey needs to be a stepping stone and I always agreed that our ISO offense was going to get figured out and shut down real quick. I just hoped our defense would save us since Casey is supposed to be a "defensive" coach. But that has been figured out too. So as mcHAPPY and many others have said, the ball is in Casey's court now and it's either he makes a change or its over. Because we definitely have the personnel to be a good team in the East. The personnel to me right now is not the problem. They just aren't being used correctly at all and that's on Casey.