Nardi wrote:
The Missing Link wrote:
Nardi wrote:
There's two depreciating assets. That means you might have only a 2 year window. I get that having a competent team is a reward in itself, but even that is a depreciating asset. Fans, in short order, will want a top 4 team in the league. There's time to be a genius and time is always the truthteller.
And once that 2 year window is up the Bulls will be able to make other moves. Derozan's 3rd year isn't guaranteed I believe and even if it is he can be traded as an expiring contract for something of value. Hopefully. Same with Vuk. Savvy GMs don't worry about such things. They had to surround Lavine with better talent in order to see what type of player he is. Another year of surrounding him with "developing" players wasn't going to accomplish this. The genius in what AK did is seen in his aborting of mission away from all of the "young", "developing" talent that was supposedly on the team. None of those players were keepers. If he holds serve with that group there would have been incremental improvement, with the Bulls drafting anywhere from 8-15 for the next couple of years. They would have found a marginal starter and hopefully a rotational guy and that is about it.
Aborting the mission? He was tasked to get to the playoffs to keep the season ticket holders from bleeding away. It isn't like TK stole guys away from teams before they knew what hit 'em(Maybe in Caruso's case). He got guys who were available because of salary and/or depreciation. If he's a genius, last offseason or the Vuk trade didn't prove it. All we know so far is he's more competent than Pax. Which in itself is huge because the NBA world was frowning upon the franchise.
So here's what we got. A competently run franchise with a competent coach and competent players. Genius would be if Williams becomes a franchise player. Genius would be is Donovan becomes Nick Nurse.
"SEASON Ticket holders bleeding away"? Like they were supposedly going to do in every year of the other 23 years since Jordan retired?
People were down on the Derozan move. Seems like a good one from where I sit.
He id'd Williams as a big time talent when no one else did. I'm still high on that move by the way.
He cleared out the junk i.e. Wendell Carter, Markannen, (Soon to be Coby) when MANY still believed that these guys were cornerstones of the franchise.
The team also appears to be much better than anyone here (besides me) believed that they would be. This even after the moves from this past off season happened to have been made.
What are the moves made around the league in the past year that would qualify as "genius" moves in your opinion?
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pittmike wrote:
Technically I was drunk (big surprise) and asked her if she liked a tongue up her ass.
Frank Coztansa wrote:
Again, your comprehension needs work.