re: Zach Harper in The Athletic Grades Our Offseason - D+

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Lead Guards

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C- for me. I think we got better or at worst stayed the same, but the cost at which we did was unnecessarily ridiculous
unbelievable how he somehow thinks Bledsoe was anywhere close to being a positive to this team in any way. Simply removing him from the team makes us better.
As usually, another national reporter who doesn't watch the Pelicans and thinks Lonzo Ball is a good defender, and trying to fit a narrative to why he's better offensively. I'd rather have NAW or Graham on the court than Lonzo. He sucks on defense, and what he does in the halfcourt on offense can be done by many players who make MLE money or less.

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Wings:

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A at the moment, with ability to improve upon.
We didn't lose anything, and gained Murphy, and veteran leadership in Temple, and brought back someone in Hart who inspires hard work and grit on the court. We've got what appears to be 2 really good defenders in the draft, on top of Murphy's great shooting. One of the biggest things missing from last year was 6'8" wings that could defend. Murphy/Herb/Marshall should help tremendously with that for the future.

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big ole F- here, just like last season. unbelievable how we are going to go into another season without addressing the need for a stretch 4.
Jaxson Hayes is not a 4, and i don't understand why people think a lineup with him at the 4 would work. It was done minimally last year, with tons of injuries when it happened, so putting any stock into any stat from that time is useless.

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Bigs:

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B
Val is a better player than Adams, simple as that. The cost to get him didn't appear to be too bad. The cost to move Bledsoe is irritating.

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Did the team get better?

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Well they brought in a coach that i'm sure the players will play harder for, so that by itself was a win for me. Got rid of shitty attitude in Bledsoe, and a guy that plays half arse the majority of the time out there in Lonzo. I'd say, yes we definitely got better, but only the record will truly show if we did or not. The expectation for this team isn't to win 35 games like this past year (35 is our win total for 82 games). Hell our O/U is a good bit higher than that.



How would i grade our offseason? C-
but that doesn't mean i think we didn't get better.
if we win 35 games or less, like last year, then we have a big problem, assuming relative good health to BI/Zion.
we without a doubt got better this offseason. It just cost way more than it should have, and our idiot GM's plan was pathetic. The only positive from the offseason was drafting Murphy, and he's the reason my grade isn't a F