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Originally Posted by The Big Chill
So you are hoping for an injury? A winning culture is FAR more important then getting a top 3 draft pick. The development of DeRozan and Davis is FAR more important then a top 3 draft pick.
The draft coming up is strong and deep, but that doesn't mean that there are any game changing superstars in it. We need to develop what we have and continue to add to it through whatever draft pick we get.
I would love to see Calderon continue to play extremely well and then have BC turn him into a draft pick where we can get a guy like Kendall Marshall. Add to that our own pick, which appears could be in the 5-15 range, and get a SF, say Kidd-Gilchrist, and we would be looking pretty decent. Especially when you consider that Jonas V will be coming over and we will have a lot of cap space.
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A winning culture? At the very best they will be the best of the stiffs--that isn't a winning culture--it's as stupid as the Flames were in the young guns era finishing just out of the playoffs. Truly dumb.
The culture change needed was all about defense. They were the worst defensive team on the planet. That is the culture change that was so needed.
They aren't winning as in their talent rising to the challenge. They are outworking the other stiffs and Bargnani is all planet on offense so far.
DD and Davis being developed is most certainly not an either/or with gaining a high draft pick. Casey is trying very hard to work on both of them especially defensively. DD's game needs a ton of work in his own end. They can work on that all year and still finish right near the bottom.
They are being carried exclusively by the vets. Vets who are very likely not in their longterm plans. Winning games while overplaying these guys will lead to injuries--no need to hope for one. Natural outcome.
Davis's playing time is being limited by how much Bargnani is playing. Bayless isn't starting, when healthy, because Casey is going with Jose's hot hand.
DD isn't getting any fast breaks because Jose dribbles for 15 seconds to start the offense. Bayless pushes the pace.
Development/more top assets are far more important than winning some meaningless games. Bayless, Davis and DD should be out there as a threesome far more often than they are. Jose should be a bench player. Bargnani's minutes at the 4 should be cut so Davis can play more. Davis is not being developed sitting on the bench. DD relegated to a jump shooter is not being developed properly either. Bayless coming off the bench isn't being developed either.
Those 3 amongst others being developed and a top pick are hand in hand.
Playing the crap out of the two vets at their expense isn't doing anything but giving them an inferior pick.
Jose should be traded and so should Barbosa--that would mean less wins and more assets. This season has nothing to do with winning.
A win this season is the highest pick possible. A win this season is Jose and Barbosa long gone. A win this season is Bayless, DD and Davis with a ton of playing time regardless of how it affects the win/loss column.
A win this season is doing nothing that screws up having a chance to actually win meaningful games next year and especially the couple of years following that. Anything else is so short sighted it's truly Flames like in terms of pathetic management.