Just because you personally don't find them compelling or persuasive doesn't mean they don't highlight other possibilities. Not everything is an absolute. Not everything is known & a fact. Being objective and open to what could be the reason has its perks. I'd suggest trying it.
I don't trust Voison due to the spin she puts in her writing. She has an agenda and she tries to push it as much as she can. Pretty simple really....
If all I can muster? So now you're choosing to ignore other explanations I brought up? Talk about trying to make your argument look stronger than it actually is...
Rudy has not said that he has requested a trade, so to bring it up as fact is false. There are reports on both sides that say he did and did not request a trade. So considering the possibility exists that he did not request a trade, your point looks pretty weak.
But let's pretend that he did request a trade, why does that shoot down the idea that he wants to go to a contender? He doesn't NEED to stay with the team he is traded to. If he is traded to the Sixers, he can easily just walk and sign with a contender next year. At least requesting a trade gives him the opportunity to play with a contender this year.
As you can see, your logic is pretty flaky here...
I think it's more accurate to say that you are focusing in on one possibility and looking at everything else in the context of that possibility. The fact that you're failing to acknowledge that there are other possibilities is concerning. Is it just stubbornness? I've already claimed that it could be a Cousins thing. Likely? I would say not, but I take exception to you trying to portray something as fact when it couldn't be further from the truth. Going to a contender, feeling betrayed by Vlade for being included in trade rumors, & feeling betrayed for firing Malone after he resigned are all LEGITIMATE reasons to why he may not want to come back next year. Your failure to acknowledge that these are even possibilities is astounding.
Are you just looking at the W/L column and making this deduction? It usually helps to have the context of what occurred in those two seasons before you start making claims like this.
Three head coaches in 2014-2015 seems like a pretty big factor. However, in the first 15 games of the 2014-15 season (Malone's tenure), Cousins & Gay played very well on the floor together. When they were on the floor together, Cousins had a 59% TS & Gay had a 61% TS. Also, when those 2 were on the floor, the team averaged 115.3 pts per 100 possessions on offense and 97.9 pts per 100 poss. on defense. That's a +17.4 point differential! For reference, the Spurs were #1 this year with a +11.8 differential. I think it's reasonable to insinuate that Cousins & Gay "came together" under a stable & competent coach that played to the teams strengths.
Then after Malone is fired, we go through two more coaches before the season ends. Coaching changes are important factors to consider especially when both Cousins & Gay were very, Very, VERY happy with Malone. They felt betrayed and who can blame them? It's pretty demoralizing to be so optimistic about the future only to have that future be stripped away from you from your very own FO.
Then this last year we had to put up with the hell that was George Karl who decided it would be wise to alienate our best player right out of the gate by suggesting that he is tradeable. I don't care if he's "technically" correct. You don't say that publicly as a head coach. EVER. There's also the fact that Cousins & Gay were battling injuries last year.
From that perspective, it's hard for me to say Cousins & Gay haven't come together when in fact, they did just that when healthy and under a competent & stable coach who used them well.
And would you look at that! There you go spewing statements like they are fact when you have no idea of knowing if they or true or not. Congratulations! You are "that guy (gal)."
I don't trust Voison due to the spin she puts in her writing. She has an agenda and she tries to push it as much as she can. Pretty simple really....
If all I can muster? So now you're choosing to ignore other explanations I brought up? Talk about trying to make your argument look stronger than it actually is...
Rudy has not said that he has requested a trade, so to bring it up as fact is false. There are reports on both sides that say he did and did not request a trade. So considering the possibility exists that he did not request a trade, your point looks pretty weak.
But let's pretend that he did request a trade, why does that shoot down the idea that he wants to go to a contender? He doesn't NEED to stay with the team he is traded to. If he is traded to the Sixers, he can easily just walk and sign with a contender next year. At least requesting a trade gives him the opportunity to play with a contender this year.
As you can see, your logic is pretty flaky here...
I think it's more accurate to say that you are focusing in on one possibility and looking at everything else in the context of that possibility. The fact that you're failing to acknowledge that there are other possibilities is concerning. Is it just stubbornness? I've already claimed that it could be a Cousins thing. Likely? I would say not, but I take exception to you trying to portray something as fact when it couldn't be further from the truth. Going to a contender, feeling betrayed by Vlade for being included in trade rumors, & feeling betrayed for firing Malone after he resigned are all LEGITIMATE reasons to why he may not want to come back next year. Your failure to acknowledge that these are even possibilities is astounding.
Are you just looking at the W/L column and making this deduction? It usually helps to have the context of what occurred in those two seasons before you start making claims like this.
Three head coaches in 2014-2015 seems like a pretty big factor. However, in the first 15 games of the 2014-15 season (Malone's tenure), Cousins & Gay played very well on the floor together. When they were on the floor together, Cousins had a 59% TS & Gay had a 61% TS. Also, when those 2 were on the floor, the team averaged 115.3 pts per 100 possessions on offense and 97.9 pts per 100 poss. on defense. That's a +17.4 point differential! For reference, the Spurs were #1 this year with a +11.8 differential. I think it's reasonable to insinuate that Cousins & Gay "came together" under a stable & competent coach that played to the teams strengths.
Then after Malone is fired, we go through two more coaches before the season ends. Coaching changes are important factors to consider especially when both Cousins & Gay were very, Very, VERY happy with Malone. They felt betrayed and who can blame them? It's pretty demoralizing to be so optimistic about the future only to have that future be stripped away from you from your very own FO.
Then this last year we had to put up with the hell that was George Karl who decided it would be wise to alienate our best player right out of the gate by suggesting that he is tradeable. I don't care if he's "technically" correct. You don't say that publicly as a head coach. EVER. There's also the fact that Cousins & Gay were battling injuries last year.
From that perspective, it's hard for me to say Cousins & Gay haven't come together when in fact, they did just that when healthy and under a competent & stable coach who used them well.
And would you look at that! There you go spewing statements like they are fact when you have no idea of knowing if they or true or not. Congratulations! You are "that guy (gal)."
