Fire Ainge, start Young, use Powell in the rotation

[greece66]

We all feel down and miserable, we know that any of us would have made a way better decisions than a well informed group of specialists like the C's front office, let's find someone to blame and start a riot.
The one who comes up with the most outrageous idea wins SAS third round draft pick for 2025 and a snickers bar.

[BballTim]

  How about we trade all our decent players on draft picks, and then use every draft pick over the next 10 years on euro youth players in the hopes of one of them turning into the next Giannis?

  btw, is that a full sized snickers bar, or one of those little halloween bars? If so, is it just leftover halloween candy you're still trying to get rid of?

[hwangjini_1]

  How about we trade all our decent players on draft picks, and then use every draft pick over the next 10 years on euro youth players in the hopes of one of them turning into the next Giannis?

  btw, is that a full sized snickers bar, or one of those little halloween bars? If so, is it just leftover halloween candy you're still trying to get rid of?

great idea!!! i am sure i know of at least a few cbers who would get on board with this.

but instead of trading our decent players for draft picks, lets also get super stars here as well. anthony, gasol, melo, love, and others should be easy to get if we offer 3-4 mediocre players for 1 or more of them.

and then trade all our second rounders to move up to the #1 through #5 draft spots.

oh, and does ainge get fired before or after all this?

[Nerf DPOY]

We all feel down and miserable, we know that any of us would have made a way better decisions than a well informed group of specialists like the C's front office, let's find someone to blame and start a riot.
The one who comes up with the most outrageous idea wins SAS third round draft pick for 2025 and a snickers bar.

Don't lump me in with the rest of you miserable losers  . But seriously, I don't feel like the sky is falling, and most everyone knew that November was going to be rough. I entered the season possessing a serenity that hadn't existed in previous years for some reason. I won't be miserable if we're awful and at the top of the draft, or the 8 seed in the middle of the draft.

So with all of that said, we should try our hardest from here until late June 2016 to acquire all of the picks in the 2016 draft. We already have 3 1sts and 3 2nds, but I think some combination of Rondo,Green,Bass,Sully,Smart,Young, our '15 picks and our '17 and one of our '18 picks might be enough to get every single selection. You know how the Kardashians rent the mall just for them to shop, or other rich people get water parks all for a private birthday party? This is what I'm aiming for, except for the 2016 draft.

[greece66]

  How about we trade all our decent players on draft picks, and then use every draft pick over the next 10 years on euro youth players in the hopes of one of them turning into the next Giannis?

  btw, is that a full sized snickers bar, or one of those little halloween bars? If so, is it just leftover halloween candy you're still trying to get rid of?

If the proposal is outrageous enough, we guarantee you the snickers bar of your preference.
What I am worried about is that there is a small chance your plan might actually work, I wouldn't give it more than 0.00005%, but still you might land us the next euro freak and gone are our tanking prospects. We have to be radical. What would Hinkie do if he were in our place?
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[greece66]

We all feel down and miserable, we know that any of us would have made a way better decisions than a well informed group of specialists like the C's front office, let's find someone to blame and start a riot.
The one who comes up with the most outrageous idea wins SAS third round draft pick for 2025 and a snickers bar.

Don't lump me in with the rest of you miserable losers  . But seriously, I don't feel like the sky is falling, and most everyone knew that November was going to be rough. I entered the season possessing a serenity that hadn't existed in previous years for some reason. I won't be miserable if we're awful and at the top of the draft, or the 8 seed in the middle of the draft.

So with all of that said, we should try our hardest from here until late June 2016 to acquire all of the picks in the 2016 draft. We already have 3 1sts and 3 2nds, but I think some combination of Rondo,Green,Bass,Sully,Smart,Young, our '15 picks and our '17 and one of our '18 picks might be enough to get every single selection. You know how the Kardashians rent the mall just for them to shop, or other rich people get water parks all for a private birthday party? This is what I'm aiming for, except for the 2016 draft.

This is really a side note, but 3 1sts in 2016... It's Cleveland and Brooklyn, so they probably won't be lottery but still... Wow.

[knuckleballer]

All these threads about firing Ainge makes my head feel like...

[greece66]

All these threads about firing Ainge makes my head feel like...

You are not alone. This is how I felt after the defeat against OKC.

[BballTim]

  How about we trade all our decent players on draft picks, and then use every draft pick over the next 10 years on euro youth players in the hopes of one of them turning into the next Giannis?

  btw, is that a full sized snickers bar, or one of those little halloween bars? If so, is it just leftover halloween candy you're still trying to get rid of?

If the proposal is outrageous enough, we guarantee you the snickers bar of your preference.
What I am worried about is that there is a small chance your plan might actually work, I wouldn't give it more than 0.00005%, but still you might land us the next euro freak and gone are our tanking prospects. We have to be radical. What would Hinkie do if he were in our place?
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  Make the team suck, draft some players that are injured or staying in europe, and thus convince them that a dynasty is more of an eventuality than a possibility?

[knuckleballer]

All these threads about firing Ainge makes my head feel like...

You are not alone. This is how I felt after the defeat against OKC.

The 16 years between Bird retiring and the arrival of Garnett and Allen felt like
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8OYHMoiDt4k

Even though we stink now, at least I feel we're headed in the right direction.

[Nerf DPOY]

I am not going to click on that. I had to get off Facebook abruptly this morning because I was inundated with pictures of a cat with two faces that died.

[shrinkage36]

You can build around a couple of players here. You don't necessarily need a Super Super Star. Dirk Nowitzki was not a super super star, he was just a star. They build things around him and won a championship. At this time in their careers, the Spurs have no super stars.

IMO, we just need to get a defensive big in here, use Rondo as trade bait to either do that or bring an offensive playmaker. Build this team around defense since we have some good defensive parts , just get a defensive center and you can shut down super stars.

Defense creates a lot of offense, fast breaks, etc. So that's what I would do if I were DA.

[LarBrd33]

Let's give it until the trade deadline.  This team is just a mis-matched combination of assets that don't really fit together.   There are redundancies all over the roster.  It's very clearly set up with the intention of doing some big 3-for-1 deal.  I mean... maybe even a 5-for-1 deal. 

I can't imagine standing pat with this group.  I will get worried if we do.

[greece66]

You can build around a couple of players here. You don't necessarily need a Super Super Star. Dirk Nowitzki was not a super super star, he was just a star. They build things around him and won a championship. At this time in their careers, the Spurs have no super stars.

IMO, we just need to get a defensive big in here, use Rondo as trade bait to either do that or bring an offensive playmaker. Build this team around defense since we have some good defensive parts , just get a defensive center and you can shut down super stars.

Defense creates a lot of offense, fast breaks, etc. So that's what I would do if I were DA.

I am not sure how this conversation started, but why not?
The first question is: how do you define a superstar? Why for instance, doesnt Dirk or Duncan qualify as superstars?

[greece66]

Let's give it until the trade deadline.  This team is just a mis-matched combination of assets that don't really fit together.   There are redundancies all over the roster.  It's very clearly set up with the intention of doing some big 3-for-1 deal.  I mean... maybe even a 5-for-1 deal.

I can't imagine standing pat with this group.  I will get worried if we do.

We ll have to do something like this at some point, simply bcs we dont have enough roster places to accommodate all the draft picks 
Having said this, personally I hope that while we keep our mind open to trades, we are also building something durable with the young talents we have. The comparison with the way SAS reached top has been made way too many times, but I think a good organization, talented young players and an ambitious young coach can create miracles if given time.