Here at True Greatness, we were so downtrodden and defeated after Deron Williams and Kendrick Perkins were traded away that writing about basketball became an aversive and distasteful undertaking. We are officially back. Two very brief thoughts about NBA basketball as it stands today:
1. KOC- My biggest issue with him is not that he is a bad general manager overall. In fact, a lot of short term fixes that he has done are quite good (e.g. trading for Kyle Korver, stealing Boozer away from the Cavs, seeing talent in Wesley Matthews, snagging big Al out of thin air, etc.) My main complaint is that he appears to have no long-term vision. Are the Jazz rebuilding, or are the competing to be the 8th seed to lose to the Thunder in 5? Is Devin Harris a Jazz man for life, or a place holder until someone better shows up? My personal plan would be to trade up in the draft and get either Williams or Irving. Get rid of veterans who cannot turn us into contenders (sorry, CJ). Rebuild and give the new guys some playing time. And do it all with purpose and vision. You aren't the worst, KOC. You are far from it. But you need to learn to look to the future, not just react to the present.
2. I would also like to officially endorse the True Greatness pick for the finals: Go Mavs!
That's it for now. Hopefully we will be back with more soon.
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The Cavs are trying to get the number two pick too, and apparently had a three-way deal all but locked up before Detroit decided to pull back (Hamilton's contract is less unattractive if there's a lock out, so they might wait and see). The only thing we can hope for if we're serious about this (and KOC keeps this stuff close to the chest, so we won't know until it happens if it's happening) is Dan Gilbert's incompetence. Luckily, that's one of the best incompetences out there.
ReplyDeleteI think I should also add that although we're rooting for the Mavs, we think the Heat will win. After last night, in 6 instead of 5.