Bawse Dawg
Well-Known Member
All purpose thread to talk about the offseason.
The Lauri timeline discussion feels like it will be much more earnest this offseason. While I don't look forward to it, going all out for next years draft where we have three picks, and could easily get a bottom five record, is a move that makes lots of sense. Lauri, would be the biggest hinderance to that plan. Both because it is rude to make him keep suffering on this team, and, obviously, he just makes us better. I think lining up Lauri's timeline with whatever the spoils of these awful years ends up being is becoming more and more unlikely, and this might just be a band-aid that needs to be ripped off.
There is also the obvious argument to keep the very good basketball player on the team that is devoid of such luxuries. Maybe you can wrangle a top pick anyway, look how much time he missed this year already. Understood, but going into the each of the last two years fence sitting on the tanking is what ultimately cost us those worst records. If we are going to be serious about a tank this time, we should really go all in. Lauri's trade value is also worth considering.
I think I'm leaning towards getting hopefully a nice productive basketball player in the top 10. Taking two more swings later in the draft. And just chucking out the whole day care facility onto the court next season. Get some mid *** veterans for the attitude and mindset **** I guess, but they can't be very good. Even as I type it out I kind of hate the plan, and the losing culture **** isn't nothing to me.
So please change my mind and show me the plan where we keep Lauri and try to be good and it is at least somewhat realistic and exciting.
Just vomit all your offseason thoughts into this thread.
The Lauri timeline discussion feels like it will be much more earnest this offseason. While I don't look forward to it, going all out for next years draft where we have three picks, and could easily get a bottom five record, is a move that makes lots of sense. Lauri, would be the biggest hinderance to that plan. Both because it is rude to make him keep suffering on this team, and, obviously, he just makes us better. I think lining up Lauri's timeline with whatever the spoils of these awful years ends up being is becoming more and more unlikely, and this might just be a band-aid that needs to be ripped off.
There is also the obvious argument to keep the very good basketball player on the team that is devoid of such luxuries. Maybe you can wrangle a top pick anyway, look how much time he missed this year already. Understood, but going into the each of the last two years fence sitting on the tanking is what ultimately cost us those worst records. If we are going to be serious about a tank this time, we should really go all in. Lauri's trade value is also worth considering.
I think I'm leaning towards getting hopefully a nice productive basketball player in the top 10. Taking two more swings later in the draft. And just chucking out the whole day care facility onto the court next season. Get some mid *** veterans for the attitude and mindset **** I guess, but they can't be very good. Even as I type it out I kind of hate the plan, and the losing culture **** isn't nothing to me.
So please change my mind and show me the plan where we keep Lauri and try to be good and it is at least somewhat realistic and exciting.
Just vomit all your offseason thoughts into this thread.