Official Whine, Moan, Complain Thread 19/20-CLOSED "WE CHAMPS!"

Yea I mean they (FO) have been humbled over the last few years, but they still have not fully learned their lesson. It bothers me that they were still somewhat blindsided by the fact that Durant didn't even want to meet with us. Hello? We won 17 games. Who the **** wants to spend the prime of their life turning that record into something respectable.

 

Jim/Mitch should just step down now, seeing the disaster the last 3years should bring them enough shame....but knowing Jim/Mitch, they'll sell us Mozgov as someone better than any of the other C's that were available and deng will be an invaluable vet that we couldn't do without. While I'm not a Jeannie supporter either, I do hope she musters up the balls to let them go now before they do something stupid to complete Jim vision of WCF or Bust as this is the 3rd and final year to his time line promise.

 

I'm generally optimistic about our young guys, but I'm afraid that none of them will ever become superstars. We could end up maxed out with a bunch of players that can't take us to the next level and end up stuck in mediocrity for a loooooooonnnnnnnnnngggggggggg time.

 

My WMC for today is your post above.

 

Free agency really didn't turn out the way I had hoped. I understand the need to acquire veteran players who can help create a positive locker room for the young guys as they develop, but to spend so much money for four years on two players on the wrong side of 30 (one of them who played very poorly last season) when many young talents were available seems a bit shortsighted.

Then again, perhaps none of the other potential targets were interested in us, forcing us to go to plan B which was to overpay older players to convince them to sign. Still, I hope we have cap space next year or we will again miss out on signing high impact players and be forced to depend on our young players developing or trading them for an existing superstar.

With that out of the way, having Luke instead of Boron and watching Ingram and Russell grow and develop alone makes the next season far far better than last season, so we're still heading in the right direction despite my misgivings.

 

this is why you have to rid yourself of both, not just one. given that the family is unlikely to a) sell or b) remove themselves from the business, i think you just have to keep everyone. the answer isn't giving jeanie more power. she's clearly insane.

 

my WMC for today is all 4yrs being guaranteed for both FA pickups

 

Only answer is Jerry West. Bridges were burned, but time to mend them and turn things around in front office.

 

No. Seriously there is less chance of Jerry coming back than there is of LeBron telling Cleveland he changed his mind about defending the title, and instead is taking his talents to L.A. along with D. Wade both taking only 10M each to make it work. Jerry coming back to the Lakers after all these years, sorry, is the ultimate pipe.

I think.

 

Free agency really stopped all the good momentum we were building once the season ended. That Ding article halted us to a complete stop and failing to even meet with any big name free agent sent us backwards.

I'm all for ridding Jim/Mitch and letting Jeanie have full control but I'm not excited about the prospect of her bringing Phil back.

 

Well my post will probably get mod discretion moved to the Optimism thread, but maybe my being disagreeable and unhappy will keep it here ..... with regards to us getting "sent backwards" for this year after landing Deng and a healthy again Mozgov.

 

Deng and Ingram together probably will make us a middle of the pack defensive team