Maybe, but I don’t think that’s nearly as relevant to the context. We were at our roster max when Davis went down and it was apparent we needed immediate help then, yet the company line was that we weren’t going to make moves. This summer, we grabbed three second rounders that we’re reportedly high on. None of them are playing, so they’re being relegated to “developmental” guys. So while it’s apparent that we need some help, and there were several known-quantity vets out there (sure, you could make counter points against any of them), we instead waive Stanton Kidd to lock up another developmental guy we really want. So now we’ve got 4 developmental guys, plus whatever the hell NWG is supposed to be. So now after all the “this is fine” mantras the FO put out, they go and shake up the roster. We take a guy whose in the rotation, and the only four by size (I have plenty of problems with Green and wasn’t super excited about getting him, but the reality is that he’s in the rotation), and we replace his roster spot with another developmental guy who’s never played an NBA minute.
So we’re supposedly contenders but we’re dropping rotational pieces for developmental prospects. Yes, Green wasn’t playing very well, but there’s no known commodity, and if we’re appealing to DL’s ability to find another Joe or Royce, then we’re essentially asking him to hit a grand slam if we’re to assume someone is coming in to be a good rotational piece. However, it does have the making for a perfect out, where some can subtly imply that this is an answer, but if/when we continue to struggle with the bench and don’t have great answers, someone can retort, “lol, he’s a rookie, what’d you expect?” as if they weren’t the ones setting that expectation to begin with.
