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sleepz wrote: View PostAnd had Denver of re-upped Iggy for the money he got in G.S. where would Denver be now? Have you watched them play recently? They are going nowhere.
The first step was acquiring a tier-2 star like Iggy. The second step was going extremely deep on starter-level talent because Masai is all about asset accumulation. The third step would have been "trade away three or four talented guys to get a star player" - someone like Kevin Love - because then you have Iggy, Love/your other star, Ty Lawson and still have a bunch of talented players backing them up, and that's a smart plan for a mid-market basketball team.
If Masai hadn't left Denver in 2014? Denver probably re-signs Iggy; at least makes a bid in the Dwight Howard sweepstakes (they could have sign-and-traded pretty effectively for him with LA); kicks the tires on Josh Smith, Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap or Andrei Kirilenko; looks for that big trade to get someone like Love. And suddenly Denver is a juggernaut.
Instead, what happened is: Denver lost its GM and fired its Coach of the Year-winning coach; Iggy saw disaster waiting to happen and left; Denver then stupidly traded Kosta Koufos, overpaid JJ Hickson and Nate Robinson, and hired a new coach who promptly alienated Andre Miller and demonstrated that he didn't know how to use Kenneth Faried properly.
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magoon wrote: View PostThat's mostly because Masai had a clear plan with respect to Denver which was interrupted when he left halfway through it to come here.
The first step was acquiring a tier-2 star like Iggy. The second step was going extremely deep on starter-level talent because Masai is all about asset accumulation. The third step would have been "trade away three or four talented guys to get a star player" - someone like Kevin Love - because then you have Iggy, Love/your other star, Ty Lawson and still have a bunch of talented players backing them up, and that's a smart plan for a mid-market basketball team.
If Masai hadn't left Denver in 2014? Denver probably re-signs Iggy; at least makes a bid in the Dwight Howard sweepstakes (they could have sign-and-traded pretty effectively for him with LA); kicks the tires on Josh Smith, Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap or Andrei Kirilenko; looks for that big trade to get someone like Love. And suddenly Denver is a juggernaut.
Instead, what happened is: Denver lost its GM and fired its Coach of the Year-winning coach; Iggy saw disaster waiting to happen and left; Denver then stupidly traded Kosta Koufos, overpaid JJ Hickson and Nate Robinson, and hired a new coach who promptly alienated Andre Miller and demonstrated that he didn't know how to use Kenneth Faried properly.
Also, This is how you use Kenneth Faried properly:
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