I’m living my life, and my life does not revolve around this team. But I would rather spend the time I do on a team being serious about either pursuing a championship or at least building toward something I am no longer embarrassed of because that’s what this team has become.
I mean if the vibes were better and they didn’t do just some of the obvious dumb **** to mess this iteration up I’m cool with being a 3-5 seed and making a run. If they actually came together and played for each and were committed it’s another story… it really just needs to be blown up to start it over… and Ryan needs to fade into the background a bit.
Or it could be two years like Dallas and Memphis… one year like Boston. Ryan seems like he prefers the Wiz/Kings plan though. Honestly… the fans in OKC are having more fun than we are right now.
I had more fun in the Corbin years than this last year.
Go listen to Down to Dunk… they are enjoying this part of the process. The least enjoyable teams are the ones like the Kings… stuck in the middle and not patient enough to do the right things. That’s where we are headed with this half *** retool or 12 more months of wait and see cuz… all star game is super important.
So maybe that's the fix, not trading Rudy.
That's all you can do is twist it like you twist things to justify Rudy sucking. I know you are Cy.
Take Donovan out of the equation, because it isn't about him why do you think the rest of the team don't pass it to Rudy?
Of course, they would. They got too many pieces and almost all of them are fun. When the expectations hit, they will have the assets to make moves and have a higher margin for errors. SGA-Giddey is going to be easy to build around, too.
Quin built everything around Rudy's strengths and hiding his weaknesses as much as possible. Comparing with and without stats isn't a fair comparison.
HH and I both went after each other. We both said things. I still love the guy and respect him.
I am in NY now... thats for sure. And every best buy soundbite is legit and that's a fact.
He's saying that he doesn't believe it, and that Mitchell won't be improving his defense.
I argue with plenty of folks but it’s generally exchanging ideas. For instance you loved Franz last year in the draft. I wasn’t sold because of some stuff I watched… I was dead *** wrong. I didn’t hate him but would have been nervous taking him mid lotto.
So I haven’t watched them much. I could see both guys doing well in a new environment because they have promise and their on-off splits (something I give a lot of credit to) are amazing. Part of that is Randle being off the floor and part of it is they were garbage time all stars… but it’s generally a good indicator.
This may shock everyone but I love them both! I also can see the flaws with both... and recognize there will be a split with Donovan in the near future, so its time to rebuild. I will never throw out the multiple pairs of shoes Don has signed for us or hate him. He is simply wanting a new direction and tbh it will be better for us too because we don't have the tools to build around him quickly enough. But just like politics... most of the good answers are reasonable and in the middle but people want to push to extremes on both sides. I'd rather spend time talking with people on here that are a bit more reasonable and measured.
Yeah it will be an interesting few weeks. I think a Rudy trade is kinda 50-50.. if it doesn't happen around the draft I think it doesn't happen at all. We desperately need a guy to "pop" and outside of Jared Butler there isn't a guy on the roster with potential to do that. So I kinda think you need to get a pick in this draft (in the teens or 20s) and you need to nail it. I think the draft is the easiest way to find that guy... but taking a chance on some younger players might provide that as well. Getting a Khris Middleton-esque throw in to a trade with some found money would go a long way.
