The engine looks good. I wouldn't trade Tatum and Brown period. Awesome young players. What about the other parts? Theis has found his shot. That is a huge help. In my opinion it's the role players that are killing us. They are soooo inconsistent. The difference between winning games and losing games will be how they shoot the ball. Grant Williams- hot and cold-Carson Edwards- we beat the Clippers partly because he got hot. Semi- very inconsistent shooter. Javonte- not a shooter. Two guys coming back at some point- Smart and Romeo- Inconsistent shooters. Diagnosis- We have surrounded our top players with non shooters for the most part-------compared to Philly, Brooklyn, and Milwaukee. Danny- HELP
for the first time since prior to the trade to acquire IT, the C's took a definite step backwards this offseason. If they had been able to bring Hayward back, I think the C's would be a legit threat to get to and possibly win the finals.
We're at this point because Danny's grand plans for contending have come up short. He made solid moves drafting Smart, Jaylen and the deal that got us Tatum. The deal bringing in IT. The signing of Horford. The signing of Hayward. Even the trade for Kyrie. At this point, the team is a contender until Hayward goes down in that first game. After that, it's been going downhill.
Bad asset management when he has too many picks and cannot trade them. 2016, smart enough to pick Jaylen but can't do anything with the later picks to either combine to move up for better players or flip for vets or flip for future firsts. Yabusele was a bust of a pick because he had to draft and stash. same with Zizic even though he was a throw in for the Kyrie trade. all the second rounders netting nothing (although Abdel Nader's still kicking around the league). This past draft another plethora of picks that were not used well --> unable to get any real value for the pick that ended up being Bane. Gave away a player that looks like a solid prospect for future seconds that will likely net nothing.
Horford, Kyrie and Hayward all opting to leave the team with nothing to show for it but a large TPE that has no guarantee of being used (or used well). Kemba being signed with an ironman reputation but being chronically injured for us. The big move to get AD being squashed by AD by not even considering wanting to come here without immediately bolting to LA the following season.
Romeo can't stay healthy. GWill has regressed from the level he was playing at last season. Timelord, for all his supporters here, still has major issues understanding and playing team defense. The signing of Thompson has been underwhelming so far. Teague has left most people longing for the good old days of having Wanamaker coming off the bench.
Right now, I'm not sure what can be done to fix this engine. we've got 2 blossoming all-star players. a perennial DPOY candidate who unfortunately makes some boneheaded plays during each game and a former all-star that still seems to have injury issues and has shooting woes so bad, if he threw a brick at the ground he'd miss. The draft capital is now gone. we've got a number of young players that I truly hope will develop and solve some of these issues going forward but that's all wishes right now without a lot of foundational support. We don't really have trade fodder in terms of vets that we can sell off to other teams --> Kemba isn't bringing us anything great based on his current play and while Theis may be of interest to contenders, he's our best center at the moment.
not sure how Danny's going to right the ship.
