I can’t believe I’m posting something Austin Rivers said cause his takes are usually awful, but this is exactly how I hope Daryl treats this off-season. Find the right fitting role players not just stars to have stars

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1. Well the Nuggets didn’t exactly stifle their ability to team build by giving Aaron Gordon 5y/$180m did they

2. The argument is basically finding fit instead of throwing superstars together. Paul George can be an off-ball wing who’d fit really nicely between Embiid and Maxey so I don’t think he’s a star just to have a star.

3. So the problem is – can we possibly get all the good role players this offseason? We can’t just acquire players like MPJ or mcdaniels by FA without overpaying them insanely. They are the players we possibly can get by good drafts or rookie scale trades.

4. I agree with this generally, but Embiid and Maxey’s skill sets are so specific and don’t really overlap with most players. We would benefit from having another star

5. Joel I don’t think his body is sustainable enough for that method tho. He could be out 40 games or part of a series and you become a 7 seed. 

6. None of this makes sense actually lmao.

   Denver is not the best team in the NBA, the Celtics are. Celtics have 3 stars in Tatum, Brown and Porzingis. Denver won one championship while getting to face multiple play-in teams and everyone loses their minds. They may not even win their playoff series this year.

   Timberwolves are also a terrible example. How does Rudy “fit” around Ant? Like what part of Ant’s game specifically does Rudy elevate? They actually got Rudy to fit around KAT, not Ant, since Rudy makes up for KAT’s lack of defense. And even then, the fit isn’t perfect because now you’re asking KAT to play on the periemter.

   Rivers is just saying words.

7. The key is to develop a core around your star(s)but that takes years. Meanwhile we’ll likely start our 7th straight different opening night backcourt next season

8. Would you consider Lauri a star? To me, he’s a must get. A perfect fit and also only making 17 million. You need to get Lauri and build around the big 3. Buddy, Cam, Kelly, and hopefully Nico

9. Yeah I would argue the timberwolves are the exact opposite of what he’s saying. They are absolutely a super team. 3 all stars in their prime ages. They went and got a star to form a big three. This wasn’t even well thought out. No one thought two centers would work on the floor together and last year they didn’t. They gained year of working together and improved their chemistry but they are nothing at all like the nuggets