I agree, however, I think they are going to once again be a surprise team and even make it to the second round, and who know? I actually like the make up of this team, it's a good mix, will they win the Championship, hell no, but 29 other teams won't either. Will we strengthen our weakness's with a trade before season starts? Im saying its pretty obvious if a solid deal presents itself we pull the trigger.
First thing it really going come down to injuries for any teams. We been pretty healthy the last 2 years. Second you know what your going get with Dame and CJ. The big question will be the improvement of Nurk Zach Harkless. What can Curry and Nik gives us off the bench.
To be fair, the Spurs were w/o Kawhi last year so this year they add DeRozen to a roster that already played without Kawhi. DeRozan isn't better than KL but he is better than no KL.
That is a shining example of why an owner should let his GM do his job. Actually if I remember correctly that season the Kings had a contest that season where five fans were chosen based on videos they submitted as a crowd sourcing idea to help them make the 8th pick that year. They even got to be in the room on draft day. I think it came down to Elfrid Payton or Nik Stauskas. They were fascinating videos until the end where it didn't seem to matter because Vivek wanted Stauskas anyway. I might have to go watch that again.
I couldn't find the full crowd sourcing videos of the five guys breaking down their methods but there is a little bit of it in this video: The 5 guys had Noah Vonleh rated as their 3rd best prospect behind Wiggins and Parker, ha ha.
Looking back, it's kind of amazing how sucky that 2014 draft really was. I mean, yeah, Stauskas at 8 was terrible, but it's not like there were a whole lot of great choices. I guess they would have been a bit better off with Saric or Lavine.
Yeah, I agree that it was a crappy draft. In the video I posted they got a call from the 76ers when their pick came up and it sounds like they were offered #10 and two 2nd rounders (they had picks 32, 39, 47, and 52). In hindsight they definitely should've taken that offer. I wonder who Philly would've taken at 8? If they took Stauskas or Vonleh how much different would "The Process" be without Saric on the team and with their draft pick actually playing?
It's also kind of funny that they ended up trading Stauskas to Philly anyway along with their 2019 unprotected 1st just to dump other salary. Then this summer they tried to sign Lavine.
