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Was this season a success?

Was this season a success?

  • Yes

    Votes: 17 25.0%

  • No

    Votes: 51 75.0%
  • Total voters
    68
The mailman said:
No way I trade Favors, Rubio AND Exum for Conley. That’s just silly. I would have done any combination of 2 out of the 3, but not all 3.

And no matter how Exum’s career pans out, we’ve just invested too much time and money not to give him another shot.

I’m glad DL didn’t pull the trigger on that one.
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Give Exum another shot? At what? Point guard? And let’s say he’s able to play half a season next season, still give him a chance because he improved to being able to stay healthy for half a season?

At some point we just need to fold. I personally don’t want Exum on the roster anymore. The position he takes up on the bench is just too much. He needs to go
 
The Thriller said:
Give Exum another shot? At what? Point guard? And let’s say he’s able to play half a season next season, still give him a chance because he improved to being able to stay healthy for half a season?

At some point we just need to fold. I personally don’t want Exum on the roster anymore. The position he takes up on the bench is just too much. He needs to go
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Agreed, enough is enough. He is negating this team's growth and progression
 
The mailman said:
No way I trade Favors, Rubio AND Exum for Conley. That’s just silly. I would have done any combination of 2 out of the 3, but not all 3.

And no matter how Exum’s career pans out, we’ve just invested too much time and money not to give him another shot.

I’m glad DL didn’t pull the trigger on that one.
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Sunk cost fallacy
 
The Thriller said:
Give Exum another shot? At what? Point guard? And let’s say he’s able to play half a season next season, still give him a chance because he improved to being able to stay healthy for half a season?

At some point we just need to fold. I personally don’t want Exum on the roster anymore. The position he takes up on the bench is just too much. He needs to go
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Well yeah, another shot implies giving him another season - a FULL season - and let’s see if he can last an entire year without a major injury. I guess I’m just not quite ready to fold on him yet.

Exum on the bench coming on for Conley sounds a whole lot better than having Conley with no Rubio or Exum behind him. And let’s think about this, a healthy Exum - do we take Houston to at least a game 7?
I think we do.

If anyone’s place on the bench is too much it’s Neto.
 
The mailman said:
Well yeah, another shot implies giving him another season - a FULL season - and let’s see if he can last an entire year without a major injury. I guess I’m just not quite ready to fold on him yet.

Exum on the bench coming on for Conley sounds a whole lot better than having Conley with no Rubio or Exum behind him. And let’s think about this, a healthy Exum - do we take Houston to at least a game 7?
I think we do.

If anyone’s place on the bench is too much it’s Neto.
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Give me Conley 100 times out of 100 over Rubio and Exum. Quality > Quantity. Sorry

You don’t get pts in this league for injuries, airballed 3s, and driving to the basket and chucking the ball at the backboard.

Anyone who thinks we should retain Rubio should rewatch those last 2 mins of game 5. Ignore the regular season limitations and just watch those last 2 mins. That’s Rubio in a nutshell.
 
The Thriller said:
Give me Conley 100 times out of 100 over Rubio and Exum. Quality > Quantity. Sorry

You don’t get pts in this league for injuries, airballed 3s, and driving to the basket and chucking the ball at the backboard.

Anyone who thinks we should retain Rubio should rewatch those last 2 mins of game 5. Ignore the regular season limitations and just watch those last 2 mins. That’s Rubio in a nutshell.
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I think you misunderstood me. I think we’d all take Conley over Rubio and Exum. Kind of a no brainer.

I’m saying that having Conley with Exum as his back up is better than just having Conley.
 
firegirl said:
Just curious how you live your life in general?

I built a successful business over the past 10 years. And it's taken consistent effort day in day out. Small increases over time that have grown into major changes and success. I have plenty of failures and disappointing losses, but, you stick with your plan, don't take short cuts, and things work out in incredible ways.

I believe each season is much more complicated than it seems. Patience is key in this process.
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Great. Except in a few more seasons, Gobert might bolt, or in five more years, Donovan may bolt, because our incremental improvements were so negligible, they sought out greener pastures.

That's a terrible analogy.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Great. Except in a few more seasons, Gobert might bolt, or in five more years, Donovan may bolt, because our incremental improvements were so negligible, they sought out greener pastures.

That's a terrible analogy.
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We're 2 yrs into a rebuild. That's it. Give me examples of championship teams that were built overnight!
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I’ve had overnight success that took 4-5 years to build... DM got 10% better... he’s due for a bigger improvement wit’s a healthy summer... hell just shooting better would unlock so much for him and us.
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10% better? I disagree. He still can't get to the rim and/or finish very well. He puts his head down/gets too low when penetrating and it leaves him in awkward bodily situations which ends up in too many turnovers. His TS% went down, steal % went down, block % stayed the same, and rebound percentage basically stayed the same (6.4% to 6.6%). His win shares went down and VORP went down. He still doesn't get to the line like a stud does or even close. His assists percentage went up nicely but I wonder how much of that has to do with Rubio missing nine more games than the previous season. I'm in the @LogGrad98 camp who saw a small fraction of the explosive plays he had in year one and I'm not sure why. Maybe he was never 100%. Yeah, his three-point shot got better as the season went along and much of the stagnancy can be attributed to his being in a boot last summer but it's stagnancy nonetheless and to me he did not get 10% better but more like 3-4% better. It was negligible.
 
firegirl said:
We're 2 yrs into a rebuild. That's it. Give me examples of championship teams that were built overnight!
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We're not two years into a rebuild. Losing Hayward didn't mean we lost everyone on the team. We will had a stud in place (Rudy) with other strong complimentary pieces around him.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
We're not two years into a rebuild. Losing Hayward didn't mean we lost everyone on the team. We will had a stud in place (Rudy) with other strong complimentary pieces around him.
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We also lost George Hill that year. So, yes. We lost our franchise player and our second best offensive weapon (Hill).
 
Wes Mantooth said:
We're not two years into a rebuild. Losing Hayward didn't mean we lost everyone on the team. We will had a stud in place (Rudy) with other strong complimentary pieces around him.
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You're basically like the Suns GM. Igor is an incredible coach. Yet the fire him after one season because they're absolute **** heads that have no patience.

Still waiting to hear what other teams built contenders in 2 yrs....
 
firegirl said:
You're basically like the Suns GM. Igor is an incredible coach. Yet the fire him after one season because they're absolute **** heads that have no patience.

Still waiting to hear what other teams built contenders in 2 yrs....
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I actually wouldn't and the Suns are morons for firing him. Their situation is nothing like ours though so once again, another great analogy.

Listen, we won 49 games last year and a playoff series. Your "rebuild" ended then. This season showed virtually no growth.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
I actually wouldn't and the Suns are morons for firing him. Their situation is nothing like ours though so once again, another great analogy.

Listen, we won 49 games last year and a playoff series. Your "rebuild" ended then. This season showed virtually no growth.
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OK smarty pants, give me a better analogy.
 
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