khans2k5 wrote:
This is what I'm talking about. The thought that we can line everything up perfectly for a 10 year run with a whole team of guys. It doesn't work like that. Contracts end in 4 years for anyone not already a T Wolf. Wiggins and Zach will be 25 and Towns 24 when any supposed huge albatrosses would be up. That's when they are going to be peaking anyway. We need guys who can hold them up now while they are young and developing, not bringing in role players around them and keep expecting them to carry us to victory for the next decade. The Warriors brought in Lee, Iggy and Bogut before Steph and Klay and Draymond became the great players who could carry the team. We need our David Lee this summer to help us start making the playoffs as soon as next year hopefully and then in 3-4 years they will be ready to carry the team there themselves and that deal for that guy who helped them out now will be up and then we can bring in the role players around them. We need our Iggy, Bogut and Lee for the next 3-4 years until Towns, Wiggins and Lavine are ready to carry the ship themselves. Otherwise we're going to keep sucking for 2-3 more years if we're expecting them to carry the team to victory this young in their careers.
I was going to type something similar, but you beat me to it. I think you stated it very well above. It's pretty tough to build only through the draft. I understand wanting to hold off on making big moves via trade or free agency until you have some sort of a core. But what does Wiggins have left - like two more years on his deal? I believe Dieng and Bazz will be in their last year's next season. If you keep waiting, then you can get stuck in permanent rebuild mode.
We have some pieces in Towns, Wiggins, Rubio, LaVine and as everyone knows - I like Dieng. Add a couple good veteran players around those guys along with another top 5 pick. Then find a good coach to get the most out of them. I certainly think if they did those things, we'd be playoff bound next season.
