Only 1Sun would criticize the team after they addressed everything he complained about the previous season. The Suns will never win with people like him.
Mere bodies and attempts to address the holes are not enough. We need talent as well.
At point guard, Rubio is acceptable, in my opinion, but he doesn't move the needle nearly as much as Brodgon or Russell would, and Tyus Jones, who signed for half the price, likely would have moved the needle as much as Rubio will while giving us the money to sign a better power forward than Dario Saric. Meanwhile, you can't forget that the Suns' primary target was Terry freaking Rozier (who would have been an abject disaster), and James Jones was bailed out by the even greater stupidity of the Hornets and by the Pacers having the ambition that the Suns should have had instead.
At power forward, I think Saric is a joke, and I have made that point clear in other posts. And while I think Kaminsky can be okay as a back-up (albeit a complete disaster on defense), it is no secret that I believe that the Suns really needed some rebounding and rim protection from the power forward spot, especially next to Ayton, and they got nothing at all in that department.
I think Cam Johnson was a ridiculous reach at 11, and I think the Suns gave up way too much to get the #24 to draft Jerome.
I think Baynes is a downgrade from Holmes.
I think giving up Warren for nothing and giving up #32 in the process was ridiculous, particularly when we used the cap space to pay the underwhelming combination of Rubio, Saric and Baynes, and particularly given the reports that the Pacers were prepared not to ask for any assets, but James Jones negotiated against himself and volunteered #32 prematurely.
And don't even get me started on giving up Josh Jackson when his value could not possible be lower, and giving up yet more assets in the process.
Meanwhile, this team, especially if Oubre is not re-signed, is sorely lacking in athleticism and scoring (as well as remaining lacking in rebounding, interior defense and rim protection) while remaining weak defensively.
What part of this is "addressing everything I complained about the previous season"?
