10-30-2021, 02:43 PM
(10-30-2021, 01:55 PM)dynamicalVoid Wrote: Imagine being in the room with a bunch of wealthy schemers running a basketball operation...and with bright eyes and overly optimistic chuckles they come to the conclusion that they dont have to do anything at all...
No recruiting...
No drafting...
No developing...
That stuff is a waste of time and stupid Organizations waste money and hours developing players...
"WERE JUST GOING TO SIGN PLUG AND PLAY VETS!"
Everyone looking around at each other like they are the smartest things on earth.
I can hear the The Ticket Mark Cuban bit voice in my head as Cuban is explaining the plan to the room.
I won’t say they haven’t developed. DFS and Maxi’s games grew here. It is just that RC was forever being handed scraps and asked to develop them. There is a ceiling to those types of players. I won’t even blame them for the draft misses. It happens.
The real issue is that they did not value the draft as those misses became a self fulfilling prophecy that the draft was not worth it. That’s why we always threw in picks. The real solution would have been to hoard picks, trade players a year early, …etc. Danny Ainge hoarded picks and it has not always worked out. However at least that is pursuing a good plan and trying to play the percentages. The MBT otoh always seemed to be like the lazy guy not working hard and hoping he will become rich by hitting the lottery. Why even pay a GM for that kind of a strategy?