Idk how you could give this off-season an A after we didn’t do much to address our center rotation for the short term. Maybe Lively is the guy in 2-3 years but we can’t keep running out 31 year old Dwight and expect to improve defensively.
The wing upgrades and rotation improvement deserves a B but we’re still asking Green, Hardy and OMax to take a big step and we just don’t know if they will
Edit: Also I think the bigger Extra Credit piece from the article shouldn’t be on Thybulle but how Exum played during FIBA. 11/2/3 in 18 minutes a game, 47% from 3, and was all over the court on defense causing havoc. If that’s our 3rd PG then sign me up.
Grade of A is too strong. It’s an A relative to our previous 3-4 offseasons but I wouldn’t say it’s an A overall.
We didn’t acquire a clear cut top 80ish player/Center in the league. We didn’t acquire a Capela/Zubac/Ayton/Turner/Claxton/etc that we need. The dropoff in the next player after Luka/Kyrie is still big.
While we love Lively and OMax we do not know necessarily how they will translate or how long it will take for them to have a playoff level impact.
I’d give it a B. We did get better defensively, we did get much younger and more athletic.
A grade is ridiculous.
A+ for draft.
B+ for bench players (for their contract/value for the team).
D for main players. The only difference maker is Grant. Period.
We couldn’t get a decent center – D grade.
We couldn’t get rid of the biggest weight, McGee and THJ. We got nothing for Wood. Grade F.
Powell remains the starter. No rating.
Overall C+
I think Holmes starts till Lively is ready. 2 new centers is def addressing the position. Resigning Kyrie at a slight discount was also big for us. We haven’t exactly had the best track record with unrestricted free agents. Replacing 3 of our end of the bench guys with Omax, Curry, and Exum is also a really good depth move. Hardaway trade could be incoming soon. If it does I think they can easily get an A+ but for now I give them a strong B+
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Idk how you could give this off-season an A after we didn’t do much to address our center rotation for the short term. Maybe Lively is the guy in 2-3 years but we can’t keep running out 31 year old Dwight and expect to improve defensively.
The wing upgrades and rotation improvement deserves a B but we’re still asking Green, Hardy and OMax to take a big step and we just don’t know if they will
Edit: Also I think the bigger Extra Credit piece from the article shouldn’t be on Thybulle but how Exum played during FIBA. 11/2/3 in 18 minutes a game, 47% from 3, and was all over the court on defense causing havoc. If that’s our 3rd PG then sign me up.
Grade of A is too strong. It’s an A relative to our previous 3-4 offseasons but I wouldn’t say it’s an A overall.
We didn’t acquire a clear cut top 80ish player/Center in the league. We didn’t acquire a Capela/Zubac/Ayton/Turner/Claxton/etc that we need. The dropoff in the next player after Luka/Kyrie is still big.
While we love Lively and OMax we do not know necessarily how they will translate or how long it will take for them to have a playoff level impact.
I’d give it a B. We did get better defensively, we did get much younger and more athletic.
A grade is ridiculous.
A+ for draft.
B+ for bench players (for their contract/value for the team).
D for main players. The only difference maker is Grant. Period.
We couldn’t get a decent center – D grade.
We couldn’t get rid of the biggest weight, McGee and THJ. We got nothing for Wood. Grade F.
Powell remains the starter. No rating.
Overall C+
I think Holmes starts till Lively is ready. 2 new centers is def addressing the position. Resigning Kyrie at a slight discount was also big for us. We haven’t exactly had the best track record with unrestricted free agents. Replacing 3 of our end of the bench guys with Omax, Curry, and Exum is also a really good depth move. Hardaway trade could be incoming soon. If it does I think they can easily get an A+ but for now I give them a strong B+