This isn’t the KD thread.
Yes, I wanted to keep Rubio, Oubre and our pick. Not because I thought they were so valuable but because I didn't want to invest so much of our cap in a player with a history of playoff injuries. I said I was wrong but I have to tell you, I feel a lot less wrong today than I did 2 years ago. For two years now we've seen the same thing from CP3 that Houston and LAC saw before us - a great player that always comes up short (usually due to injury or illness) in the postseason.
What it is for me is I am desperate for a young player who has a chance to develop.
We would not have made the finals without that trade. We would not have won a team record 64 games without that trade. I am starting to get the impression that you’d prefer 50 wins per year as long as it’s for a long time with little volatility.
Jesus. We went to the Finals and won 64 games last year. AND beyond that, that trade MADE us into a legit franchise that has put us in a continued position of now ALSO is attracting one of the best players of all time.
We would not be a destination for someone like KD without that trade. We would not be a player in the buyout market and get a Terrence Ross without the KD. Or do the naysayers want to point out how many players we all wanted on the buyout market the last two years that never even gave us the time of day… when we were the best or second best team in basketball.
Fair enough. I think you’re barking up the wrong tree there. OKC is all about developing youngsters and doing a pretty good job of doing so. So if a guy ain’t progressing there, makes me dubious he can anywhere else.
Where I think you may be wrong is OKC needs players. Suns just need him to be a role player. He can just concentrate on doing the things he can do well. OKC has so many young players they can’t sit on a guy to develop beyond his strengths. They need to give those minutes to a guy who is developing more quickly. If bazley just has to knock down open 3s and be a long defender for brief stints he may be a good role player.
You're last sentence is way off but I agree with the rest of your post.
Me too. The diamond in the rough story is pretty appealing. It's like a late first round s draft pick.
OMG this last paragraph. Do you want a championship or not? Doesn't sound like you care one way or another.
I want a championship but no, I don't fall in the nothing else matters group. I'll be thrilled if we win but my life doesn't change just because we win a championship. There's no one on this board that's been a Suns fan longer than I have. Winning it all is very important to me but I don't stop being a Suns fan once that happens.
Nothing else DOES matter. The entire goal is to win a title. It's not about changing lives or anything like that. It's simply about reaching the pinnacle of your sport and striving to be the best at it. I have been a lifelong fan too and if you ask most fans, they will say the same. That's the goal. Even when you finally reach that goal, then the goal becomes to do it again. That's what is great about sports. There is always another run to cheer for with new players and a new team.
Fair enough.
Sometimes teams make the wrong choice when they have lots of young players. We did it with Stix. OKC has more youth than they can develop.
I agree.
I disagree. His offensive numbers have regressed to the mean, and the table someone just posted in another thread shows him to be one of the worst defenders in the league. He wouldn't be contributing for the Suns now, and they wouldn't be figuring out a way to keep him.
Fair enough. It sure seemed like we made the wrong choice at the time. I wonder what happened to him.
Using your numbers I think it works this way:
While I’m agree with you, Steve’s entitled to his reasoning for watching and being a suns fan. Some just want the entertainment. Some (like me) enjoy the entertainment but are driven by the competition. I’m not embarrassed to say the suns have given me a basketball inferiority complex. I just need one to get rid of it.
