re: What are you guys actuall expecting from our rookie?

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Again, my point simply is that the team will have to add 1-2 players better than whatever rookie they add this summer for them to be an above .500 team

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And nobody will disagree with that. There isn't a player in this draft that will make this a winning team year 1 without other help, and that includes Simmons.

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You want your rookie to have a niche role his first year, not to be asked to do too much. Kawhi, for instance, was given a very limited number of things to do and work on his first year. The Spurs won AND he developed. That is the ideal.

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We're not the Spurs, though. They started out good, so this line of thinking is a total non-starter. Being one of the best-run organizations in pro sports is certainly ideal.

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I think it would be bad for a rookie to come in, have Gordon, Ryno, and Tyreke exit and a guy like Bazemore come in, and all of a sudden the rookie is the number 3 option. I want his role to be smaller and more specialized year 1

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I totally agree there. Unfortunately, I have little faith in Derps to make any of that happen.