sjm34 wrote:TheSP wrote:sjm34 wrote:It seems as if we repeated our same mistakes we made when we had KG. We keep signing guys that aren't difference makers to too much money and too long of contracts. The truth is that Bud and Brewer don't bring anything more than guys like Mo Williams, Anthony Morrow, Dejuan Blair, etc.. JJ is clearly not worth his deal, but we can't blame that on Flip. It is something we will have to ride out.
The focus on JJ makes little sense given the trash he shares the floor with for the majority of his minutes. On a team that has a solid 8/9 deep rotation JJ is a plus, on this team with it's solid 6 deep rotation what do you expect? Yes JJ has been horrible, but damn, he has to do it all when he's playing with four bench players.
It's not like JJ is only playing with bench guys. Several games Adelman has only played 3 bench guys significant minutes which means there are two starters on the floor for that time. My post wasn't about focusing on JJ anyway, but as Abe has shown, we are continually overpaying our guys and even worse, not getting the needed production from them.
Why aren't we exploring the FA market more carefully and finding those guys. Shannon Brown is out there right now, and I think he would be an upgrade over anyone on our bench. He plays hard on both ends of the floor. Could be gotten for the minimum I am sure.
Because it requires work, something this team has refused to adopt, and this has now carried over into 3 different regimes.