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![]() We need players ranked better than 200 to have a useful bench? That's hilarious.
I have zero complaints about this bench. There are guys that can fill proper roles, under short-term contracts, without messing up the clarity of the litmus test this season is going to represent for putting the proper core in place. The season is going to stand or fall on the starters taking the lead in changing the culture, and the bench guys sustaining enough of the same to not skew the results much one way or another. It's all about the path forward, and having that sixth man that could be a starter elsewhere, and maybe take over games would just be smoke and mirrors and clutter the path forward as far as what moves would need to be made. This isn't a team looking to win it all. It's a team looking to establish an identity from the core outward, while getting into the playoffs, and then making the moves to get further from there. But oh god no, there are no players ranked higher than 200! Those spots from 200-250 are just filled with abominations! It' same cruel joke! Why even watch any games this season!?! A team does not have to be perfectly constructed to get into the playoffs and look to move forward from there. It needs to establish strong two-way play. It needs to commit to getting stops over 82 games. There's nothing about this bench that precludes that possibility, and there' smoothing about this bench that complicates an ability yo make changes and get better from there. Last edited by LX; 09-27-2013 at 07:48 AM. |
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Yeah. It would be nice to have a sixth man. But not having the ideal sixth man doesn't mean this team won't be worth watching. And in any case, I contend that developing a proper sixth man role that fits with a core is far more valuable than sheer talent that simply confuses the direction the team should go in, and what kind of roles should be assigned. Get the core in place. We clearly agree that needs to happen. I think. Then develop the bench roles appropriately. As things stand, this bench offers a potential core enough support to sink or swim and allow Masai the chance to make the necessary changes. This bench also offers plenty of players the chance to become one of those higher ranked players through development. And this bench represents no long term constraints to making any necessary changes. I am the furthest thing from a bandwagon fan myself. I have watched almost every game for many years where roles were a confused muddle, and talent was ultimately wasted, and not of much value in trades at all. Hoorah! Love that. I'll take this current bench over that, thank you very much. Please no more torture of having no plan and winging it when it comes to constructing a team. I can see where there might be disappointment. I can see myself being disappointed. But I can see that ultimately that disappointment will no longer be recycled over and over again, and that the path forward will be clear enough in any case. |
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![]() Kris Humphries ranked higher than Amir.
This is how stupid this thing is - it's based on predicting the upcoming season, and they claim that with so many different people inputting their ranks, it is incredibly accurate, but if that's the case we will not see all these big upward and downward swings in rankings. Somehow I doubt all that, and the fact that they have loosely compared their methods to Nate Silverman is just pathetic. Nate would look at players on teams that got very little media attention, and automatically adjust for bias. |
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Your rational for a. means very little. There was no money to spend, and a big part of his assessments will be about figuring out how to construct a payroll that can offer more flexibility. Your rational for b. is something like saying he can decide to lose on purpose if the worst case scenario makes winning very difficult - again that holds very little meaning. |
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This exercise isn't about where a player was last season as compared to the year before. It's about predicting where they will be for this season. But you could look at how wrong they were basing their rankings on past performance, and see that looking forward there is no way these two players should be anywhere near each other. It's just a stupid and meaningless exercise, and this one example is just one of about 150. |
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![]() Hump being so high is still based on his 14/11 season imo. He'll drop again next year unless he has a bounce back season and if Amir continues to improve he'll keep rising. These ranking are always like this. A lot of head scratchers.
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Flexibility - exactly. 1 to 3 of KL, DD or RG will be dealt. |
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