I'm seriously trying to figure out what you are asking me? Are you saying that trading Crabbe for Nicholson and generating the TPE isn't something I'm allowed to rationalize unless I said it before the trade occurred? TPE's are valuable if the team that has them chooses to use them. Matching Crabbe's offer sheet from the Nets was made so we didn't lose Crabbe for nothing because he did have some hope for improving still (shot 44% from 3 the next season). If the TPE expires and we paid Crabbe like $18 million for one year and then have dead money on the books for 5 years with nothing else to show for it then yes it would be a failure of Olshey. There are still 19 days until I can fairly judge the situation. It did in fact help us dodge the tax this year, which would have been the owner's directive not the GM but that doesn't help improve the team like was promised.
I can....I don't like it when during interviews he talks about his time with the Clippers...today he didn't do that...big improvement
We actually let the smallest guy walk...Bazz….and Connaughton was our version of Sasha Pavlovic in his 30s.....we got two better players to replace both of them...and a 2nd round pick that'll make Stauskas nervous about minutes in Trent Jr...we tried really big with Hasheem Thabeet...didn't really pan out
If course your sitting here saying Stauskas is better... He's not. He's horrible at every part of the game except 3pt shooting. If he's getting minutes along with Evan Turner and Meyers Leonard, then we're screwed.
glad I don't enter the season with this opinion....I'm actually excited for the new look and optimistic about the guys we signed...how much Stauskas has anybody really seen? I've seen him shoot well, handle the ball, pass well, finish through contact..etc….watched every youtube clip I could find on both guys..don't get the watering down critique you've laid out about him but hey.....
hey man, at this point theres nothing to defend him against! He's won some and lost some and he has 23 other organizations that hasn't done any better than he. Ive been consistent that come mid season and depending on the trend we are going I'll support the org as a die hard round ball fanatic. If he takes us in a downward way then changes should be made. But I bet he succeeds in improving again this year like the last 3. Just my opinion. But good lord there is much more to discuss when it comes to this league and team. Bash him and the team all you want its your dime!
We don't need guards. We need roster balance, which means a true SF (shooter, dribbler, passer--a tall version of a SG, though down to 6 foot 6 is acceptable if Olshey can't get a taller one). Instead he got 4 guards (which means that 3 won't play). If he needed a guard (doubtful--a very very secondary need beneath SF), it was a tall defensive guard, not the guards he got. For years he has ignored defense in every pick drafted, free agent signed, and coach hired. Olshey wastefully spun his wheels to replace what we were already good enough at (Napier was just fine). He ignored roster balance (a true small forward), as he always does. He values (overpays) the wrong players. Year after year, he wastes another year. The Lakers notice, and have started a media campaign to dissolve our star's willpower to stay.
I just want to say FUCK YOU NEIL!!!!!!! For implying Ed was the reason New Orleans swept the team and for personally 'counceling' Ed to take the money from Brooklyn. Who the fuck does that! FUCK YOU!!!!!!
NO didn't say Ed Davis was the reason but a reason we struggled. On offense we'd be 4 on 5 with Ed on the floor. His only shot on offense is a dunk and teams key in on that especially during the playoffs.
