I really think that the plan isn't to compete for a Championship with Dame in his prime, but rather more of a Suns model. Use a guy like Chris Paul who still has considerable skill but is past his prime and put around him extremely good players. That means developing Ant and Sharpe, keeping Grant, and hopefully grabbing some other pieces along the way. The way I see it, yeah losing Hart and GPII was losing overall in terms of talent, but the pieces we got back give us more assets in the future. Again, I assume we wouldn't spend the money to keep Hart and that GPII was disgruntled. So we turned Hart into a 1st round pick, Thybulle (a GPII replacement) and a flyer in Reddick (a longer wing player at a position where we are undersized). We then dump a malcontent who we picked up for nothing and get in return another flyer (Knox) and five 2nd round picks, which will likely be consolidated/packaged to move up in the draft or use on other assets. I'm no GM nor in any way knowledgable about basketball, but looking at the competitive landscape, it's tough to see a path to a Championship this year with the assets we had. Therefore, you keep your powder dry and gather assets to really make a splash when you have enough.
I've never had a problem with Quick. The peaking through the miniblinds thing was way overblown. Many of us have been in that room, it's easy to look through the blinds onto the practice court. Kevin Durant was working out for the Blazers, none of you would have tried to see some of it? The real reason people were mad was that Quick was honking twice while everyone else was honking once.
Just as an aside, notice how no one ever does microfracture anymore? Roy, LaMarshmallow and GO played only 62 games together--they were 50-12. The idea was right, just those freaking knees. That being said, KD at the three would have been BEASTLY with those two (although LMA would have pouted his way out of here even earlier).
i actually enjoy Quicks articles but this one just screams impulsive writing and complaining. His arguements do t really have any concrete validity. sounds like EVERYONE including the players wanted GP2 gone
And to be fair Quick said that about GP2 too, I believe. (Or it was Chad Doing... One of the two). Alas, GP2 is on the Mount Rushmore of hated players which was built for Felton.
Edited. Dont worry. It was a work related thing i still had on my clip board. Just a NY times article. (I work in pharma. Drug names are weird.)
