gotcha. I'd submit that they got what they were hoping for with him, and then let him go on his way. I'm not sure we're getting what we were hoping for from Andre.
Yea I know why he was fired. It doesn't make it right. Sloan has survived many front office changes in Utah. There is a big difference between firing a coach because he has lost the ear of the team or he stinks, and letting one go because he wasn't the guy you hired. In other businesses you can fire somebody and replace them pretty quickly. No so much in basketball. Hell that is half the reason Gilbert Arenas wasn't fired on this gun thing so quickly. NBA players just don't grow on trees.
It's just a stupid analogy, but it underscores a bigger issue for me. Assuming Nate's the one that wanted Andre brought in after talking with him in Vegas, then it's not like he was forced to take him and secondly, this is an 11 year player with a long resume' and there shouldn't have been many illusions about what Dre' is and isn't (uptempo creator without a jumpshot and shaky defense). Maybe the whole story that came out about Nate and Dre' having some long talk was pure KP bullshit and it never happened, in which case this is on KP for adding a player with no real thought about how he fit or wanted him integrated -- he probably would have been better off signing no one this off-season and instead carrying cap space into the season with the hope of performing a lop-sided trade.
Who knows. Also, who knows how this team would have fared had they not been assaulted with all the injuries. It's just a very weird time right now.
Yeah, SA got a title, and then he signed as a free agent with Atlanta. And SA replaced him with Hedo. Not sure where in that anything didn't work out.
Yeah, because that was exactly what happened last year in the playoffs. Oh, wait, he was arguably the Sixers' best player, averaging 21 points, 5 assists and 6 boards. But that's a completely different situation. They had lots of outside shooters, no star shooting guard to play beside, a wealth of talent at center.... hmmm.... Well, they had a different logo anyway. And a different coach.
No. I prefer to keep both and make the playoffs. My only point was whatever Miller did for the sixers, they didn't seem to give it much value. They couldn't even swing a sign and trade with him so they just let him walk.
Yep. Jackson was expecting to be signed to a big contract by SA, but they let him walk in favor of a relative unknown.
Unless Miller is playing off the ball, in which case whenever the ball gets to him, ball movement stops and restarts. I haven't seen him make more than a couple swing passes in at least two games now...
Hedo was pretty established in the league from his Kings days. SA front office is just shrewd, they never overplay a good role player, they just seek another one.
This will really suck if Miller's iron man streak ends over this. I normally don't give a crap about streaks. But this is a little different. That streak is a testament to a guy's work ethic and determination to play through pain. Over 10 seasons he's missed, what, 2 games? It'd seem like a major insult to break up the streak because of Nate's incompetence.
I can live with that. That said, this (Andre) thing still has a loong way to go before it's entirely played out. I still trust management to get things straightened out.
Just because they let him go doesn't mean things didn't work out well. San Antonio has been notorious for being a fiscally responsible team. They let Derek Anderson go as a free agent before replacing him with Jackson. Their nucleus was always Duncan, Parker and Ginobili. And if you infer that things ended badly because of Jackson's history and role in the brawl in Detroit, that occured after his stint in San Antonio.
Yeah, he got 16 assists against the Clippers by holding the ball. What games have you been watching? Seriously, the only time we get ANY ball movement is when Miller is in. The rest of the time it's nothing but walk the ball up and run ISOs for Roy or Bayless. BNM
