Westbrook lands on teams right when their Championship window is closing
Last edited:
Report: Nuggets front office and Mike Malone do not see eye to eye on direction of Franchise
- Thread starter UpAndComing
- Start date
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
what we're gonna see now with the 2nd apron is that teams are gonna have to be smarter about those selections. The 2nd apron kills the buyout market, kills anything above a vet minimum and the day someone decides they wanna deal their max guy, now can't aggregate. Inevitably, those late firsts/2nds/UDFAs are gonna have to get some opportunities anyway because that might be the only talent you add. Teams are gonna get serious actually seeing what those guys can offer, and if they're upperclassman, then they should be able to pick things up sooner. The idea that drafting someone 30th overall is wasting Jokic's prime is comedy. Boston can get Pritchard to back up Jrue and hit half court shots in the finals yet Denver couldn't get anything outta Nnaji in a series where they need all the size they could muster up. Look at Boston's bench. Some of their youngins are gonna have to play out of necessity. Mazzulla's probably more open to the concept of needing them at times more than Malone is.
If he sees them in practice everyday and doesn't think they can play then oh well
Then that kind of speaks to how crummy he and his coaching staff is when it comes to player development doesn't it?
A lot of those coaches either don't know how nor care to develop a players that aren't tailor made and with this new CBA and cap, they're not going to have any other choice but to figure it out or their replacement will.
Art Barr
INVADING SOHH CHAMPION
I told y'all.
this already........
Art Barr
this already........
Art Barr
You don't "develop bench players" and launch a youth movement at the apex of your generational talent's peak. This was nothing more than Denver being cheap. Malone was spot on and Denver has no idea what they're doing.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
under normal circumstances, sure.
Here's the problem:
when you wind up in the 2nd apron, that means the buyout market ain't an option for you. Aggregating players ain't an option. Picks? It's not as if Denver had many of those anyway. It's less about launching a youth movement and more about realizing the options are limited. Their vet help was Westbrook and Saric. The books don't care how generational the talent is. The cap is the cap, so your talent allocation better be worth it now more than ever.
Not living in the 2nd apron is NOT being cheap. We as NBA fans have to stop thinking that way. This isn't Clay Bennett not wanting to go into the lux where it justs costs you money. Now there are penalties that affect how you can make transactions. You think trading MPJ is difficult now? Wait til they're in the 2nd apron and you can't attach sweeteners to him or contracts to make the money work. Right now, Murray and MPJ get paid as if they're all-NBA and all-star level guys and not only are they not, their availability game to game is in question. If that's the case, your bench better be good and it's not good enough.
Malone is being dragged kicking and screaming into an era where having 3 max guys, a super max guy, a some MLE guys and vet mins to round out the roster isn't an option unless you're Ishbia and look how that's working out for him.
They both gone now 
