re: Looking back, where could all of this been prevented?

Not sure a S&T was ever on the table from the Suns. I remember reading the Suns never offered one. They were just trying to steal an asset. Losing Lopez did put into motion the Asik debacle. Asik played very well in Houston before Howard arrived. But resigning him for that stupid contract when you could have signed guys like Zaza, javale McGee or Biyombo that year for hardly nothing was just stupid. He should have never signed long term contracts (Moore, hill, Asik) and kept the roster flexible.

Honestly think the only thing that coulda kept AD here was drafting the Greek freak or Gobert the year we traded for Jrue. We needed to have guys break in on our team from the beginning. Instead of getting guys that are not happy to be traded here.

Keep buddy and the pick.

Thought about this some more and I never remember anyone else saying this so I get the credit. But the failure of Demps to make sure that Eric Bledsoe was included in the original CP trade. He was very good before getting injured in PHX. Highly unlikely we trade for Jrue or Tyreke if he and Gordon are in the backcourt. We have have just stayed the course and drafted young players until the time was right to make a trade to bring in a star to pair with Davis...

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But the failure of Demps to make sure that Eric Bledsoe was included in the original CP trade.

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You don't get any credit because changing anything pre-davis almost assures that we never get him the first place.

I think when we traded for Boogie, we should have resigned him to a max contact or whatever he was looking for. Even after he ruptured his achielles.

Dell hung his hat on acquiring a second all star to go with AD. He found one that complemented Davis perfectly. Rondo probably would have stayed.

Instead, Dell traded one star away for another player he let walk and do rehab. Now Boogie looks to be back from his broken achielles. And we're talking about next season's team without Anthony Davis