You're just a pessimist and a cynic. You're always the dissenting voice in every thread, which isn't a bad thing, it's good to have someone question the majority and play devil's advocate occasionally.
Gee, thanks.
I can't recall the last positive thing you've said about the Suns, any of the prospects in this draft, or the future of the team.
Well that's on you. I've frequently said that I'm high on Chriss. I like Tatum and Isaac in this draft. I don't like Ball or Jackson, and I don't see the point in drafting Fox. Fultz would have been good, but oh well.
As for the future of the team, the Suns did well in the Dragic trade, and I'm glad that they've hung onto those picks so far. But yeah, they've made some bad moves that have set them back; I don't see any advantage to denying that.
It's always doom and gloom without offering any solutions to the problems you point out.
The immediate context is my support of how DeAndre Jordan could help the Suns. I guess that's not "offering a solution," but it's hardly "doom and gloom" either.
How do you build a contender then, because there are a ton of examples of teams built the exact way the Suns are building theirs right now, with the best example being the Warriors.
I'm not going to rehash the tired question of "how you build a contender," because we all know that there are as many answers to that question as there are contenders.
The Warriors' core (besides Durant) was drafted by them, but they didn't restrict themselves to that. Besides Iguodala, they've relied heavily on Livingston, and to a lesser extent on Bogut and Pachulia. They didn't have someone in the front office say, "Oh, well it would be foolish to bring in Iguodala, because he's older than the young core we've drafted."
San Antonio fall in that mold as well but they've been at it longer.
The Jordan question, as I see it, is whether your core players all need to be the same age, not whether they all need to be home-grown. So San Antonio is an example that supports my side of the argument. They've always had a mix of young and old players.
Utah is another team that has managed to build their team through the draft with Hayward, Gobert, Rodney Hood, and Favors. They've developed into a solid playoff contender without any major moves, their biggest move was adding George Hill, which isn't much.
Utah's going nowhere, give me a break. They're the quintessential 50-and-fade team.
The same can be said for a number of other teams, they drafted really well
I can't even figure out what the basis of your criticism is, other than a gratuitous attack against some cardboard cliche you've made me out to be. I want the Suns to keep their draft picks. If they think they can trade down a couple of spots to get Isaac and another asset (as Chris Sanders has speculated), that's great. I've expressed enthusiasm for that idea more than once on this board, which again undermines your "doom and gloom" characterization.
I've always respected your posts, but I have my doubts about your reading skills and/or memory.
