Bev will be traded preseason and isn’t a true pg, so I think his market is different. He also makes less and is expiring so it’s an easier deal. Maybe it’s only seconds if he’s moved by himself… but we will want to gather some good second round picks anyway.
I wouldn't mind if we keep him. He is a focused specialist, and a nutjob, but he would be valuable for the young guys to instill the right passion and defensive intensity we need to win. Wouldn't mind seeing him be the savvy vet to help mold a culture of defense and feisty play with attitude for this next group. Could be worse guys to have in that role. We kind of hoped Conley would fill a role kind of like that, but he was just too nice and easy-going to instill much of anything in anyone. I wouldn't mind at all keeping Bev for that reason. We need that guy. It used to be Joe, imo, and then it was no one because no one listened to Rudy. Bev would be a great one to guide the young guys. I would be all for keeping him in that kind of role.
Bev prides himself on always making the playoffs, and I don't think he'll be happy if he's not in a winning situation. If he was capable of instilling a winning mentality in to our young guys, they likely aren't the right young guys as our contending teams of the future might not include any of our current players.
True. I'd think the Orlando picks could be a bit better than the Knicks. Beyond that, the Magic would be a fun team to watch.
I'm just saying it is an option I would be on board with. Maybe with a solid haul of picks, promise of future growth and success, and a strong leadership role in the org he would stick around and be a good culture guy for us as we rebuild.
I just wish he had used that discipline to be a leader on the team and pull us out of the half year funk that tore the team apart rather than being the black hole ball stopper traffic cone that was the catalyst for the rebuild, all apparently because he didn't want to play with the best defensive talent the league has seen in a decade because Rudy was immature and apparently "touched things" and *gasp* called the team out for not playing defense, which was 100% correct. You don't call Donny out on his defense.
Maybe not on the backend since the Magic don’t have any pure ****ing trash signed to NINE DIGIT contract extensions and also have two very promising young players better than Barrett already.
