Short hand: Whew!
Long hand: I love being a fan, as while I have always been 10 toes down on SGA and rushed into every “TRADE SGA AND DORT FOR…” thread of that time with gasoline draws on…I’m sure somewhere I made a post of how Baze was going to be a quality starter on our team for years to come.
Fans be fans. That stretch of time though was unbearable and I hope all who were “fading for Cade” can at least admit that :)
Pistons are ass cheeks and have young players that would easily complement the Thunder alongside all other 28 teams. They legit play like baby poop and have a head coach who got that MSU football bag. I wouldn’t want anyone to know at this point that Troy Weaver came from the Presti tree…
Cade also just looks…slow. Dunno if its due to the lingering injury but for sure “it don’t look good”.
I suspect Presti may have picked Mobley #1 in that draft (he tried very hard to trade up for him) so us getting Cade was probably never going to happen even with draft luck.
Cade looks a lot like he did in college, and not far off from what I expected his rookie year. He just hasn’t improved like I think everyone expected. Part of it is the roster around him, but he’s also just not shooting well or finishing strong against contact. I still think he can be a fringe all-star with a couple of good shooters to unlock his playmaking.
I’m also quite happy with how everything turned out. Chet has been a revelation, and I don’t rue missing out on Mobley anymore. At all.