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Originally Posted by nffl
Keep Nash, Bell, Hill, and Amare. Buyout Shaq. Trade Diaw. And actually you know what, keep Barbosa too. We aren't paying him as much as Diaw, only around 6 million a year. At least with his presence we will have legitimate shots at making the playoffs in future years. FIRE D'Antonai and Kerr. Bring in a proven coach, or an Assistant HC from another team (like Avery was except he was in house).
Either draft Donte Green, or somehow tradeup. I doubt that is likely, but if we do blow this team up I'd like an Eric Gordon or an Anthony Randolph. Thats trading up from 15 to 7-8.
In this new NBA, we need an elite SG. I think we have a much better chance at success with a scoring athletic 2 guard (athletic does not mean Barbosa or Bell). Maybe we should take a chance on Keith Bogans while we look for that guy.
Maybe we'll suck next year and grab James Harden in the lottery.
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I think we had a better team with Joe Johnson and Steven Hunter but heck thats in the past. I really think Joe Johnson was a huge deal though, imagine if we still had him, it would really open up the floor for Amare and other guys.
I completely agree with your initial assessment though. We aren't lacking in anything talent wise, we just need some a couple young guys and 1 maybe 2 solid vets to come off the bench, replace the 2 D'Antoni's with someone experienced and accomplished and we should be ready to go to the finals at the very least. The time for this core isn't over yet and it won't be for another year or 2.
Hold on to Diaw and Barbosa, seriously. These guys are young, durable, and have LOADS of potential. At worst they might turn into really good bench guys, at best they could both be perenial all stars. I'll take that.
I honestly think that the Colangelos were why we were doing so good, and once we lost both of them we lost all our mojo. I don't want to see any player movement until the front office and coaching is shored up. I don't think Kerr made a bad choice with Shaq, I still like that trade plenty, but the coaching just doesn't cut it so much so that we need a brilliant GM to put things back together.