Sat Dec 06, 2003 10:26 am
sbhzmafia wrote:The little moves make the team have more depth. You dont want to go out and exactly get someone like Kobe out of a trade. If you build your team with solid athletes who all can play, then your a good GM. If you look, it seems like West planned all these things the very first day he became a GM in Memphis. He came in here with a plan and he stuck with it. He didnt try to go out and make dumb moves or anything all because they we're losing the 1st 2 years. He waited patiently and now look at the Grizz! They can make the playoffs now with the addition of Bonzi, because if we can go on this winning streak they will have a great chance. If you look at the Grizzlies top 13 players which are: Lorenzen Wright, Pau Gasol, Mike Miller, Bonzi Wells, Jason Williams, Earl Watson, James Posey, Shane Battier, Bo Outlaw, Stromile Swift, Dahntay Jones, Jake Tskalidis and Troy Bell, all of them can really play! Now, you dont see any superstars on the team, but with them sharing the ball the way they do and with everybody on the court can play, we will be a tough team to defend.
This is a homer speach.
You just said:
You dont want to go out and exactly get someone like Kobe out of a trade.
This is completely crazy, sorry and I am not trying to flame, but adding Kobe Bryant to Gasol, Swift, Miller, JWill is better than adding Jake, Posey, Outlaw and Bonzi combined. Your core should only be around 7-8 players and having someone like Kobe in the core would be nothing less than a major help, not a downfall or stupid move.
You just take an appoarch that best suits your current arguement. No offense but the logic is a little overwhelming. I understand both depth and team concepts you are trying to put accross, but if winning a title is the goal, a superstar is generally a good idea. Name the last NBA Champion who didn't have a league MVP in their line-up?
Answer:
1990 Detroit Pistons (But Isiah Thomas is no bum)
1981 Boston Celtics (Bird had not won yet, but again he later won 3)
1979 Seattle Supersonics
1977 Portland Trailblazers (Bill Walton was a decent player though)
1975 Golden State Warriors (Rick Barry was a decent scorer)
5 times over 48 Championships
No offense and again I am sorry, but come on now.
Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:40 pm
well if you look at my other post under the topic that kobe could go to the spurs then you will see that we may get him in the off-season. i mean you really dont have to have a kobe on your team to win a championship. why do we need a championship right now anyways, i mean we just starting to rebuild. with the players we have like pau and jwill who can be potential all-stars along with miller, all of them are still in their prime. so u really have to give them their chance to develop and we will have a very good lineup in a few years. if you also notice, we are the 3rd youngest team in the league.