Not only would it have been fun for the fans, but would have given Markkanen a taste of what the post season feels like. The trades took that opportunity from him and some of his good role playing teammates to add insult to injury.
What most of those guys do have in common though, is the team that they won the championship with, drafted them. (I'll exclude Shaq, because he had Kobe, who the Lakers did draft).
Love Gobert but he ain't getting that contract and multiple DPOYs if he was with that team all along. And his offensive game was still a disaster last night in the 2nd half.
We were playing with a lot of confidence, while rolling out competent lineups. We have three games left (before the trades) with GS including the last game of the season (plus the makeup game?). LA was in sight too. Not likely, but I'd put those chances closer to 40-50%.
Something meaningful to...
Rudy? One of the all time goat defenders and we didn't build around his defense. We let him do it all. C'mon man, build around that and we wouldn't have been a paper tiger. A Chris Dunn would have been amazing with him
An honest playoff run isn't just racing to the play in, it's actually...
This is an organization who doesn't build a team around it's star/s. Build a team around Rudy? Nope. Around Stockton/Malone? Nope. And they've done Lauri a dirty by denying him an honest playoff run. Pulled the rug right out from under him.
Agreed, but now Lauri's trade value has taken a hit. They could have ridden KO and the Fonz into the playoffs while making some noise. Let them both walk (or resign) them in the off-season as Lauri's trade value would be at its peak. Instead, Lauri is going to check out and fade away on a team...
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