No quality FAs want us.
The only way we're getting better is through the draft. Either by developing the players we want, or getting young talent to flip for vets.
But this franchise has been epically bad at drafting. We **** the bed year after year.
Vlade has done a better job as GM than PDA. But that's not really saying much, and he only had what PDA left him to work with. He's also been just as bad a drafter as PDA and the Magoofs. Not to mention we have Vivek goblining about back there doing lord knows what.
I mean... Has he?
-Drafted WCS. Jury still out, but he's regressed in a big way this season. Winslow, Turner, Jokic all drafted after him look like stars.
-Traded Pick swaps+Nik Stauskas (looking solid this season) +unprotected 2019 first (First season Cousins is a UFA) for Koufos and Marco. We turned Marco into Malachi, but the intent was to go all in with Vets with this move and it failed.
-Marco for Malachi. Good move, but Marco signing a complete bust to get good vets around Cousins. Jury still out obviously on Malachi.
- Chriss for Bogdan, Papagiannis and Skal. Good move in theory, but doesn't make a ton of sense when we're trying to put a winning core around Boogie in the next 3 years. Chriss by far of the three has the most star upside which might come back to bite us if Boogie is dealt.
-Afflalo, Barnes, Tolliver signings- All major busts right now. Barnes has had some big games, but basically been fool's gold as he hasn't made much of an impact on-court at all. The Off-court NYK thing is not what this team needs either.
-Really uncertain future. Even if this team was successful, which it isn't right now, Rudy, Omri, Collison, Lawson, Afflalo, Tolliver, Ben are all FA's this summer. Would be really difficult to keep this core together if we for some reason wanted to do so.
-Ty Lawson was a good bargain pick-up. Been a solid back-up PG
-Temple was a good pick-up. Very much a guy who would play a good role for a playoff team.
-Joerger is a great coach. Just need to get him the right talent.