Not going to read through 28 pages of this because, well, fuck that. Don't need to see THAT much whining on here. We didn't land Durant and Howard, Olshey is an idiot. I really like the signing of Turner. We had a lot of discussion on this board about how, outside of hating his inconsistency, we missed Nic's playmaking last season. That Aminu wasn't all that great with decision making and the ball in his hand. Nic's 3 years under Stotts, he had an assist % right around 20. Which is Turner's career average. Turner is going to essentially be playing the Nic role in our offense next season which allows us to have a 3rd(4th with Plumlee) playmaker on the floor. Something again that many people said we were lacking. We had Dame and CJ as ball handlers last season. Plumlee was probably the 3rd best player on our team handling the ball. That's no good. I mean, people started shitting immediately on the Parsons news, but then are pissed that we went from Parsons to Turner? Just because it's plan B. Yeah, it doesn't come with Dwight. Still don't think we need the rim protector everyone clamored for, since we were a top team at the rim. What we need/want is guys with some flexibility to play different spots on the floor, and switch around with other players. Nic just got 50 million dollars more than Turner. And for what? What does he do better? He hasn't been a good 3 point shooter in like 4 years. He was Aminu level the past 3 years. And people crap on Aminu Turner gives us another good ball handler and creator, someone who can run our secondary pick and roll with Plumlee similarly to how Nic and Rolo used to. It'll take pressure off of CJ when Dame exits the game. We all saw how once Dame went out, It was CJ pick and roll attempts to score, Turner will alleviate some of that pressure, and give both of our guys a little more chance off the ball. Before this season, everyone was thinking of Simmons, of tanking, of a 3 year rebuild. One slightly above .500 season, and it seemed like many needed this offseason to immediately push us into championship or bust status, which just seems silly. Yes, I get the use it or lose it with cap spae. Not concerned about being "capped out". We'll have many tradeable assets on decent deals. Excited to see the follow up from here.
A panic mov just to get something? It's day one. Gimme a fucking break. Like he wasn't planning on Turner, and just flipped a coin? fuck
Do you think he wanted to come here or do you think we massively overpaid him a contract he couldn't refuse? Think about the state of our organization in this context.
I will put it this way, I would of rather brought back Batum at the max instead of this Turner contract. Nic actually loved it here and Turner is just saying this shit about us because he woke up with a big ass contract to sign
I agree. That's why I like the draft. Tank like we did Dames rookie year that last month How you think we got Cj guys
the "state of our organization" is OREGON, hence as it has been for seemingly ever FA's don't seem to want to come here so we had to pay perhaps 3 mil over mkt, not that bad. I deal in reality and he will make us better
yeah Nic loved it so much he signed with MINNY last time arond as an RFA! LOL He would very likely not of re-signed here IMO, get real
Well, we got Dame by trading a guy near the end of his prime to a team that was capped out and liked veteran presence more than young players and draft picks. Now we have about 6 guys who are entering/in their prime who aren't among our two best players.
Sorry if some of us wanted to improve our situation. This off season was just a reminder that we're the same old shit, no matter what happens. Humbling. Disappointing. Depressing.
Your on a roll. Except I don't really blame Olshey. He works in a trash market. Think about this he excels in the hardest part of the game which is scouting talent. After you get talent and shown it works on the court for the most part the easy part should be to tell the nice FA names. That only tells me the poor guy just works in a terrible market. I really don't fault Olshey. In fact I feel bad for him. He would kill it in a better market..
How long have you been a fan of this team? You should know better than to get all riled up about free agents.
You know, whenever you think about how today has sucked, think that Danny Ainge 1 week ago had 8 draft picks this year, tons of cap space and intent to get at least two of Jimmy Butler, Kevin Love, Dwight Howard, Kevin Durant and Al Horford. They have Jaylen Brown, 5 dudes you never heard of (nor will again) and lost their 6th man. Howard is signed, Durant's not going to BOS (though they DID get a meeting!), they likely don't have the assets for Love anymore (unless Brown is LeBron's Shabazz Napier 2016), and CHI told them No on Butler. Horford's still out there, I guess...
Kent Bazemore got the same deal as Turner. Still not good, but I would have rather had him for the $$$
