10-21-2025, 12:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-21-2025, 12:28 AM by JamesConway912.)
I was hoping for someone to start a thread like this thread. I am still extremely negative about the direction of the team so I have decided to post very rarely in order not to flood the board with negativity but here we go (for today):
I expect them to crash down pretty hard and quickly due to the lack of a real alpha. AD is not in the same stratosphere as Luka / Dirk were in their times here when it comes to being leaders of a team on the court on a day to day basis. He will look great for stretches, then fade before he is out for x amount of weeks. Just like a high calorien version of Porzingis. That’s who he has been his entire career and he has already shown it immediatedly after the trade.
34 wins. At most. I don’t see what makes this team go any further than those Pelicans-teams AD lead when he was still younger.
Best case scenario for the season: firing Harrison as quickly as possible
Imo the organization is putting up an absurd scharade. The days of „win now“ were over the second they traded away the guy that was Dirk‘s heir and who lead them to the finals. I fully expect them to continue to have the „success“ they had after the trade.
Best thing would be to rebuild around Flagg. He is the sole X factor but realistically hes still just super young and will go through some ups and downs. I cant believe we’re back to watching another rookie give us hope but here we are.
Still absolutely insane that we went from being a finals team with a young superstar in his prime to this….
I expect them to crash down pretty hard and quickly due to the lack of a real alpha. AD is not in the same stratosphere as Luka / Dirk were in their times here when it comes to being leaders of a team on the court on a day to day basis. He will look great for stretches, then fade before he is out for x amount of weeks. Just like a high calorien version of Porzingis. That’s who he has been his entire career and he has already shown it immediatedly after the trade.
34 wins. At most. I don’t see what makes this team go any further than those Pelicans-teams AD lead when he was still younger.
Best case scenario for the season: firing Harrison as quickly as possible
Imo the organization is putting up an absurd scharade. The days of „win now“ were over the second they traded away the guy that was Dirk‘s heir and who lead them to the finals. I fully expect them to continue to have the „success“ they had after the trade.
Best thing would be to rebuild around Flagg. He is the sole X factor but realistically hes still just super young and will go through some ups and downs. I cant believe we’re back to watching another rookie give us hope but here we are.
Still absolutely insane that we went from being a finals team with a young superstar in his prime to this….