Sooo….nothing happened. Feels like the organization believes it can somehow reproduce what happened at the end of last season but Rui & AR were playing much much better than they are now. Maybe those coupla months last season were just outliers…in any case, these 2 need to step it up big time now that they know they’re on the squad for the duration.
Dejounte Murray. We didn’t get him but neither did anyone else. Hawks asking price might have been way too high considering all the picks they gave up to get him in the first place. Not gonna fret over the details because nobody really knows. Those who tell don’t know and those who know don’t tell.
Most of the major moves went down in the East so it won’t affect us anyway…we ain’t getting that far. Dallas made a low-key move to add some size with Gafford & PJ Washington
A few names might shake loose on the buyout market (Lowry, Dinwiddie, Gallo, Joe Harris) where we’re positioned to make a move with that open roster spot and cap situation. Don’t see anything major but somebody could come in and mesh well with what we’ve got going on.
Now we go into the final 28 games still around .500 and the 9th seed hoping to thread the needle like last year. Only the opposition looks improved and we still can’t execute during clutch time against the Nuggs. Need the role players (JV, Cam, Gabe, now Christie) to finally get healthy and for D.Russell not to take his usual nosedive when the stakes are highest.
We’ll see what happens.
Loved “Those who tell don’t know and those who know don’t tell.” That’s a good one, MongoSlade!!
None of the reported Laker targets were moved. I think the asking price for guys like Murray, Finney-Smith and Brown were too high. I was surprised that the Wizards held onto Tyrus Jones. They wanted a first for a guy that’s a free agent next year. Unless they plan on making a hard push to keep him, that didn’t make sense. I don’t believe any of those trades moved the needle enough to be worth overpaying for.
And that’s the thing…who “reported” those targets and who were their sources? It’s a big game of lies, deceit, and posturing played by GMs & agents who use these so-called “insiders” as pawns to do their bidding.