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My hot take on what I'd do in the off-season.

NAOS said:
My mind is open to these things. Definitely open. I think part of the problem we have in the playoffs with Rudy can be summed up with a baseball metaphor: Rudy is a dominant starting pitcher, but we keep asking him to pitch complete games and the playoffs especially is about the flexibility of your bullpen. If we had the right 4-5 guy who could take some reps while Rudy played some possessions in the gaps, and if we got good at a zone scheme, then I think we could give teams some diversity of looks (a bullpen, if you will). Our self-same consistency around Rudy is theee main problem (—especially when he’s surrounded by mostly below-average defenders.

If we get him some help, and add some different coverages, then I think it’s worth it to keep going.

I agree full-on with your Snyder-as-vanilla take, so this plan is contingent on his evolution as much as anything.
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Thats a good way to put it. We need some flexibility. Good shooting and playmaking wings give you that... guys who can't shoot or create will remove some of that.

If you can find a way to keep Rudy around the basket and get more out of your perimeter guys through getting steals or pressuring up on shooters then great. Every year we seem to get ourselves in the same matchup issue where "these guys can get Rudy is space" its fine and he functions okay there but it takes away an advantage we kinda bank on.

I would probably negotiate really hard if I was DL and move on if we couldn't agree... realizing we might lose more games next year but have a better shot in the playoffs or a better future outlook - depends on what's out there for Rudy in trade. We don't negotiate hard... we care more about the players feelings... so we likely max him out and head down the path of mediocrity.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Healthy Rudy and DM and we will make the playoffs. Rudy is fantastic in the regular season. The west will be a bloodbath and it might be close... but I'd bet we make the playoffs even without big changes.
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Yeah, I think the same too... Rudy and DM put a pretty high floor on this team. Unless there are serious injuries IMO we will be in a similar spot to this year... in the 3-7 range.
 
jom2003 said:
OKC would only get better over time with their young talents and all the picks they've had, whereas the only one on our team who we can trust to become better is Donovan. Houston won't miss the playoffs as long as Harden keeps showing up for games at his current %.
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Except Gallo likely walks and they will look for a new home for CP. They will move into a rebuild this offseason.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Except Gallo likely walks and they will look for a new home for CP. They will move into a rebuild this offseason.
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Yeah we can hope this happens instead of Thunders trees of young star talents living up to their expectation and filling the gap seamlessly.
But things aren't great for us so our opponents probably will have a higher hope for a Jazz collapse. The 34 yr old Ingles and Conley could literally announce their retirement at any minute and people wouldn't be surprised. What I would be surprised to see is Niang or Bradley's name on a NBA roster in three years.
 
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