Robertpel9
11-25-2010, 12:10 AM
This team is just not going to get it done.
I still think we can make the playoffs, etc but who cares. At best we will be a 6-7-8 seed and swept or close to it again, i don't consider that success when i am shelling out thousands every year at games
My breakdown:
DJ - has come into his own and is even starting to finish at the basket. I really liked Felton as a persona nd he was always super cool with my son and I but i don't think we lost much letting him go now that DJ is performing and Livingston is proving to be a capable backup
Jax - He is Jax the good the bad and the ugly. One thing i will say is the guy at least gives a sh!t every game and does his thing. Sometimes it is good and sometimes not, still he is a capable 2
GW - I hate to say this but he is pretty much all we have that would generate trade interest and i think it should be explored at this point. With his style of play he is at best on the downside of his prime and as others have pointed out we love him in CLT for good reason but on a real contender he is at best a 2nd choice and most likely a third. He gets by on heart and hustle and athleticism but the talent just isn't there and his body will just go down from here. With TT and D Brown working into the lineup well i would never say GW is expendable but if we get the right value back or are able to shed garbage like Diop with him we ned to look at it
Boris - I have opine on him enough in the past. Lots of talent, will never play up to his potential. If no one else wants him he has a role here. If we can package him and get value we should. I would not call it rebuilding because we never built in the first place but cmon guys this is anot a winning roster
Nazr - Is old, he has his great games and his useless ones. He is a good journeman backup and that is it
TT - Raw talent that cana nd will grow - a building block for us
D Brown - Needs defense but is a solid backup and will get better with time and minutes
Livingston - Decent backup and a solid value for what he is being paid, can create mismatches and with minutes contributes
Diop - Not worth typing about
Najera - Same
Carroll - Shooter, we all know that - overpaid but we are stuck with it. Nice guy, if we can include him in a package we should otherwise we have to ride it out
K Brown - Who knows, if in shape he can be a decent backup center but we still need a starting center and the fact is we do not have one
D Mcguire - A poor mans D brown - Enough said
Collins - Is burger King still open and if so is he meeting Diaw there for a midnight snack
Henderson - Isn't playing enough to really know
The reality of it is that the east is such garabage we are only 1-2 games out of the playoffs even having played this badly. We also are close in a lot of games but basketball is not horseshoes. We have a solid PG (and backup), SG, PF (And backup), a all star in GW at SF but has maxed out and no center.
Time to put our chips on the table and actually try and build a team that we can expect to win. I lvoe the team, still go to all the games, get excited at each game whether we are 12-3 (yeah right) or 3-12 but cmon MJ give us a real team
I still think we can make the playoffs, etc but who cares. At best we will be a 6-7-8 seed and swept or close to it again, i don't consider that success when i am shelling out thousands every year at games
My breakdown:
DJ - has come into his own and is even starting to finish at the basket. I really liked Felton as a persona nd he was always super cool with my son and I but i don't think we lost much letting him go now that DJ is performing and Livingston is proving to be a capable backup
Jax - He is Jax the good the bad and the ugly. One thing i will say is the guy at least gives a sh!t every game and does his thing. Sometimes it is good and sometimes not, still he is a capable 2
GW - I hate to say this but he is pretty much all we have that would generate trade interest and i think it should be explored at this point. With his style of play he is at best on the downside of his prime and as others have pointed out we love him in CLT for good reason but on a real contender he is at best a 2nd choice and most likely a third. He gets by on heart and hustle and athleticism but the talent just isn't there and his body will just go down from here. With TT and D Brown working into the lineup well i would never say GW is expendable but if we get the right value back or are able to shed garbage like Diop with him we ned to look at it
Boris - I have opine on him enough in the past. Lots of talent, will never play up to his potential. If no one else wants him he has a role here. If we can package him and get value we should. I would not call it rebuilding because we never built in the first place but cmon guys this is anot a winning roster
Nazr - Is old, he has his great games and his useless ones. He is a good journeman backup and that is it
TT - Raw talent that cana nd will grow - a building block for us
D Brown - Needs defense but is a solid backup and will get better with time and minutes
Livingston - Decent backup and a solid value for what he is being paid, can create mismatches and with minutes contributes
Diop - Not worth typing about
Najera - Same
Carroll - Shooter, we all know that - overpaid but we are stuck with it. Nice guy, if we can include him in a package we should otherwise we have to ride it out
K Brown - Who knows, if in shape he can be a decent backup center but we still need a starting center and the fact is we do not have one
D Mcguire - A poor mans D brown - Enough said
Collins - Is burger King still open and if so is he meeting Diaw there for a midnight snack
Henderson - Isn't playing enough to really know
The reality of it is that the east is such garabage we are only 1-2 games out of the playoffs even having played this badly. We also are close in a lot of games but basketball is not horseshoes. We have a solid PG (and backup), SG, PF (And backup), a all star in GW at SF but has maxed out and no center.
Time to put our chips on the table and actually try and build a team that we can expect to win. I lvoe the team, still go to all the games, get excited at each game whether we are 12-3 (yeah right) or 3-12 but cmon MJ give us a real team