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And you don't, you go get Rubio instead, or Rondo and Miles, whatever... and the team wins. Meanwhile, Jrue is playing like hot trash elsewhere...

lots of ifs and buts there. what if you get the new guys and they play like trash too? what if you never trade for Cousins because Davis+Holiday small ball was winning around a .500 clip? what if Holiday starts hitting at his career %s? what if....

im not excusing Demps from making bad decisions at all. it's just easy to say now "go get player x instead of Holiday b/c he is playing like arse" and, yes, we are all aware you wouldn't have signed him back in march.

for Demps- if he and his staff honestly thought bringing Holiday back, at that price, was the best move, that's their call to make. if they didnt think so, it is their responsibility to come up with an alternative plan, make it happen, and sell everyone on why it is better.

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You are the GM. You do what you think is best for the team

again, easy to say in a vacuum. the entire Pels organization is a shitshow. most people arent going to have the courage of their convictions if they dont think they have support of their bosses to make tough calls

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Posted by TeddyPadillac

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Posted on 11/6/17 at 1:05 pm to corndeaux

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lots of ifs and buts there. what if you get the new guys and they play like trash too?

Well if you don't sign them to stupid contracts like 5 years for $125M, you might have some flexibility to make some changes during the season, or in the offseason.
What we did this offseason was cement our team of core guys (AD/Cousins/Jrue/Solo) for the next 3 years, assuming Cousins stays. We will start every season for the next 2 years with negative cap space, as well as no assets good enough to get rid of the shitty contracts you already have. Even Moore isn't really tradeable b/c he still has too much left on his contract and no one wants to be tied down to a role player for that long.

Our idiot GM is handing out mutli year deals to role players, where as other teams trying to compete are locking up their stars, and surrounding them with role players either on cheap deals, short deals, or both giving the team some flexibility each year.
Solo, unproven guy that can't shoot, here's 4 years $50M. Get similar production from Dante.

Moore, solid bench player, here's 4 years $32M. There's ton's of minimum contracts that can do what he does.

Jrue, role player with injury issues and plenty of tape on him being an inconsistent offensive player, here's 5 years $125M. His brother is outplaying him this year on his 2 year $9M contract.

Asik, role player at best who was already starting to decline, here's 5 years $58M even though no one else wanted to give this guy a contract. Minimum contract center is better than him, and was even when we gave him the contract as i pointed out in many many posts.

Ajinca, role player at best, here's 4 years $20M. Could have found a minimum guy for a year to do what he does or bettter.

Why would you want to be tied down to a role player for 4 years?

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