thedynasty1998;436760 wrote:Sounds like a placeholder.
Yep. This is from W&G on RCF, who despite what people say, has hit on more than he's missed. He nailed the LeBron fiasco during the Boston series when he said James isn't the same guy he's known over the years and said James cut off all communication with the team.
Everyone needs to adjust their thinking and expectations so that they are in-line with the team's longterm plan.
Every move we make for the next two to three years is going to center on makiing us as stroing and competitive as possible in year 2012-2013 forward.
That means seeing that we have great cap flexibility and space for the summer of 2012 and 2013 ...and also building up as many draft assets in terms of picks on into the foreseeable future.
This team will never be centered around just one singular mega-star ever again. We are looking to develop talents longterm in the mold of how the Spurs have done through foreign leagues, and D-Leagues ... and we are looking to get lotterly picks and as many additional picks as well so that regardless of where the ping pong balls fall, we will have assets to move up and get our dream pick.
We want to draft a star or stars in the lottery ....try and hit on high upside projects like Eyenga via longterm projection and development ... then, when we have attractive high quality pieces in place, we go after a high profile free agent to bolster and already strong young base.
Getting this casino in place will help as well. I will offer attractive opportunities for players looking to take care of family/friends, and give us alternatives and angles that other teams don't have.
But, it will be a process ...a process that will rely on us throwing kids in there and taking lumps like the NJ Nets of this past season. Building a strong future nucleus, that may not win much at all ...but, keep your eye on the future when evaluating moves we make.
We may have false prophets like Ricky Davis types. Guys that we'll bring in and build their resume's with numbers, and then turn them into picks ...things of that nature.
