I’m disappointed like everyone else.
But,
I’m not understanding the sky is falling rhetoric I keep seeing here and on twitter.
This is a deeply injured, 19-22yo led team with a brand new coach competing in a deeper NBA than we have ever seen. What exactly were you all expecting?
What I want to know is this - what exactly would you have had Troy do?
Yes, Killian was a miss. Taking him over Haliburton hurts, but every single GM in basketball has at least one of those. I mean the Kings even took him and traded him away. Ivey over Sharpe hurts a little too, but that’s still not a done deal and I think stealing Duren in the same draft easily evens it out.
Beyond drafting, I keep seeing “he shouldn’t have used free agency money the way he did, or he should have spent on x player.”
What free agency moves would you have made?
This rebuild started with less than nothing, it started with negative assets. We are not the Rockets, Thunder, or Jazz, starting off by trading away stars for hauls. SVG left this franchise in shambles.
We are two draft lotteries of bad luck away from having Paolo, Jabari, Chet, Wemby, or Scoot on this roster. If those ping pong balls bounce differently, everything could be viewed in a different light right now. That isn’t anyone’s fault.
So before you go calling for the head of the GM you were just praising 6 months ago, have some patience with an incredibly young team, and tell me what exactly you would have done that Troy didn’t that would have us in a better position right now.
The easiest answer to your question is that if I knew exactly what I wanted and needed to make this franchise better, I might be working in the NBA.
It doesn’t take 4 years to not be the worst team in the nba, or to look like it’s on the upswing. I understand the challenges, but it’s not good enough and you have to find someone better and improve where you can. It’s as simple as that. I doubt it’s going to turn around and he’ll suddenly be the best GM in the league.