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re: Who wants a #HOTTAKE?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 2:13 pm to corndeaux
Posted on 11/6/17 at 2:13 pm to corndeaux
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The problem for the Pels has been a continued mis-evaluation of player growth/value and, in my opinion, a lack of a vision for how to build a successful team
That is the bigger issue, i agree.
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Most of the comments I've seen from Pels fans/bloggers since the summer have been on board (with fair questions about his $$) with Holiday coming back until his shitty recent play
I don't think anyone thought giving him 5/125 was a good idea. I think many wanted to keep him, and figured we'd have to overpay to do so, so they were ok with it, especially considering the salary issues we had and the alternative to letting him walk for this year.
No one, our GM included, was willing to not look like they wanted to win for a year (letting Jrue walk), to give them team a better chance to win in the future. It should have been done with Asik, and it should have been done with Jrue.
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Posted on 11/6/17 at 2:29 pm to TeddyPadillac
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I don't think anyone thought giving him 5/125 was a good idea.
There were multiple people making comparison of Holiday's resigning with Asik's before July 1st. I understand giving Holiday a 5 year deal pre Cousins when you were grasping for a 2nd cornerstone, but Cousins' arrival should have changed the equation.
I think part of the problem and where the hindsight analysis is a bit unfair to Demps is that since Jrue was already on the team so you had to lay the ground work early on a new deal. It was hard to know in advance that guys like Hill and Teague would only get 3 year deals. That being said, if the market for those 2 had ended up being full 5 year maxes you know Jrue wouldn't have "settled" for $25. The lack of loyalty does go both ways. But you also have to be pretty careful in how you treat your players. Giving someone an offer they can't refuse but don't want can lead to Hornican Eric Gordon as opposed to Rocket Eric Gordon.
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