Yes I am. We traded so much for Conley to get to the next level in the playoffs. We were a borderline 2nd round team with or without Conley.@LoPo is still in a wait and see mode.
Lakers are done if AD does not come back. I agree though that the Jazz main weakness was not addressed and that is an athletic 3 and D player.I'm very happy with how Conley is playing. I still think we should have gone after a better fit. I think Jeremy Grant would plug a hole for us and be less redundant and he also had an All-star worthy season. But as it is that is our achilles heel and hopefully Conley and Mitchell can play this well throughout to offset the hit when playing the higher-level teams that are coming and we don't have anyone to guard the perimeter and are severely undersized. Specifically the Lakers at full strength and then likely Brooklyn when we hit the finals.
The hell is wrong with fans right now? I just read that some fan threw a water bottle at Kyrie Irving.
That coupled with out of line (allegedly) heckling, throwing popcorn on Russ, I for one am embarrassed as a fan of the sport.
Yes if we have exactly this team and he is out with an injury it'll be a tall order. But replace him with a healthy Jeremy Grant and we slaughter them and it wouldn't be close.Lol for the "wait and see guys" there is nothing to wait for. We don’t beat Memphis without Conley this year.
Why would we have Jeremy Grant? He definitely doesn't seem like someone we had a chance at and he almost definitely would not have signed here. Also, Grant made a huge jump this year, he's a pretty far off expectation.Yes if we have exactly this team and he is out with an injury it'll be a tall order. But replace him with a healthy Jeremy Grant and we slaughter them and it wouldn't be close.
No one can say that for sure because without Conley we would have different player(s) in his place.Lol for the "wait and see guys" there is nothing to wait for. We don’t beat Memphis without Conley this year.
Yes the only other player we could have ever had would be Jeremy Grant. Duh. No imagination required. No understanding of the broader discussion and the many many times it has been mentioned that a strong wing defender, someone like a healthy Jeremy Grant, has been brought up. Don't stretch your brain beyond what is right in front of your eyes, you might end up *gasp* thinking.Why would we have Jeremy Grant? He definitely doesn't seem like someone we had a chance at and he almost definitely would not have signed here. Also, Grant made a huge jump this year, he's a pretty far off expectation.
This isn't necessarily true either. Conley has been a huge leadership and great at bringing this team together. I think if you replace Conley with Grant this season it's far more likely we are a worse seed. As far as this series goes, that's way too hard to guess.
Who is this player? It's nice to make up these dream scenarios but that doesn't make them possible like it's 2k.Yes the only other player we could have ever had would be Jeremy Grant. Duh. No imagination required. No understanding of the broader discussion and the many many times it has been mentioned that a strong wing defender, someone like a healthy Jeremy Grant, has been brought up. Don't stretch your brain beyond what is right in front of your eyes, you might end up *gasp* thinking.
We could have used that money and the trade to acquire a player not as redundant as Conley. A more experienced wing defender perhaps, or a player like "a healthy Jeremy Grant" who had an all-star year this year as well, and we would be as good or even better off than we have been with Conley.
Conley is not a unicorn. We could have traded for a player that wasn't as redundant and also plugged a hole on the roster that has been a problem all year for us, just as it was in the playoffs last year.
I'm very happy with Conley's play, and very glad he's performing so well. We'll absolutely need that to go anywhere this year considering he is absolutely one of our 3 best players. But pretending he brings some mythical level of leadership that bumps everyone else's nba 2k stats by 10 and that we couldn't have a player in his place that is both a strong leader and a better fit is just asinine.