AllllRiiiiiight... my final thoughts on Gordo and I'm checking out. Gone through my stages of grief and am officially at acceptance.
Gordo... if you decide to leave that's cool enjoy, but realize you ain't KD and you ain't joining the 73 win warriors... fail and you will catch grief and pain times two... you are joining what could be the 3rd best team in the league... sweet, but that is failure based on what you are doing and there are some serious ifs there... if IT is healthy (he's not... this deferred hip decision is dumb and clearly he's delaying the surgery until after free agency)... if number 2 if they can get PG.... if they can clear max space. There are some serious ifs there.
So if they put it together they will have a good team... you will be hot **** for 6-12 weeks, but the shine will wear off and when you don't win a title you will be just another failure and they will look for an upgrade. Maybe give Deron a call before you leave and see how he's doing. You guys are different, but both have non-superstar personalities... a little aloof, a little mercurial, a little lonerish, but you will struggle just like him in the increased spot light and your name will end up in trade rumors. Take Jae Crowder 2 years ago... they loved him... now all I hear is negativity and they cheer for a guy from another team they MIGHT get.
Gordo - Boston is the hot secretary in your office... you think she's perfect and that your wife nags too much... leave the wife for her and you will find all her flaws too...
Speaking of that... what are you leaving? You are leaving an organization that put their trust in you and worked for 7 god damn years to help you become what you are and put you in a position to succeed. Their have been bumps in the road and you have obviously worked your *** off to get here but its been a successful, not perfect, partnership. We are in just as good of a position to be the third best team in the league as Boston and have a chance to wait out the current nba powerhouse if we are patience. Ahhhhh yes patience....
I know we may have been too patient with the rebuild for you... we were too patient with Ty Corbin, but don't you want patience... didn't you need patience with your development. Yes you were once a boy playing in a man's league with the star player trying to decapitate you with passes and getting straight punked by Carmelo Anthony... did we panic? What if we had? Would you have become the player you are? maybe you would, but the roads of the NBA are littered with guys who are talented but didn't find the right environments and right help.
Its that same patience that has had us stick by AB, Favs, Exum in their struggles... you think we wouldn't stick by you in your struggles?
You've got a good coach, good management, good environment for your family, good teammates, and a fanbase that ****ing loves you... We funded a damn billboard for hells sakes. You want to throw that away for what could be a lateral move... then fine. You want a BIG MARKET to be a super duper star.... fine. When the shine wears off and those fanbases that aren't emotionally invested in you decided that maybe they could trade you for a top 10 pick and sign someone else because you'll never get them to a championship... then go... get the **** out... we will find someone else who appreciates what we can offer.
Stay and we will support you thick and thin... we will gradually add and become a team that has a just as good of a chance as Boston does. You helped build this, let us continue to build around you, finish this project and win or lose you are a champion and will forever be appreciated in this state by a fanbase that is just as passionate as the one in Boston.
Let's ****ing do this Gordo!
