07-05-2025, 10:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-05-2025, 10:37 AM by myconsumerclub.)
We seem to forget that Kyrie is a top 5 guard with the best ball handling in the league.
He will be back and I think he will be the Kyrie we all know and love. This being the case we just need a place saver that allows us to use our other players to win enough games to keep us in the fight for the ring and then when Kyrie comes back we have that weapon to use, then that becomes the difference maker to integrate and begin showing the true dominant nature our team has. Got to have faith guys.
If we then see that the experiment to field Cooper as a 1-2 is successful it will be even more so with a player like Irving who has already shown he could fit in with Luka.
They will solidify the ball handling and give us an unbeatable height advantage in the guard rotation and the defense of Kyrie against other guards will usually be strong enough for us to be great on defense as a team that can get stops at the end of games.
The hope that Cooper can be effective to be the main ball handler is what drives my enthusiasm.
Now we would have a backcourt that can stand against any other in the league with a bench that has defense to throw at others with Exum and if B Will takes off where he ended last year then he is a plus to use as well.
DLo should be useful on offense having played with AD so many years that he will instantly fit.
BONUS if injury hits, this team does an excellent job in finding 2 ways that can compete and Nembhard, Kelly and maybe another C/PF to serve as insurance from among Sharp, Cisse and others that may arrive by the time our season is getting underway. I see us using them to rest our teams star bigs as a strategy to keep them fresh and healthy for the play offs. Hopefully we clear roster space to sign Kai Jones as well because we have some serious injury concerns at C. We need to rest our 3 centers a lot this year and keep that regualr season mileage low.
I pray we are going to be rewarded as we show faith in what this team is capable of and waiting till the arrival of Kyrie and the proof that Cooper is who we want him to be. After we see what we have then we can rethink and re-evaluate it all to see who fits and who does not as you guys have said is then needed.
If Cooper is the man we thought he was then does that not mean we are set with the backcourt having talent off the bench that can be used sporadically as needed against matchups we face then our wisdom of keeping Gafford is rewarded by that fit with a team that now has a great backcourt to match the great frontcourt without the need to sell Gaff to get another star ball handling creator guard or wing.
After Kyrie returns is when the season starts for us. That and Cooper breaking out are the 2 things we need to see happen before we need to spend any more assets of adding anything other than Kai who is a need because we have the asset in our grasp and losing it to Denver would be a stupid thing to do. We need to sign him just to play keep away from other contenders that have a need at C.
Kyrie Cooper PJ AD Lively/Gafford with Klay first wing off the bench between Cooper and PJ who can also both rest AD.
Now we have Exum, Bwill, Dlo, and Nembhard to use to rest Kyrie over the rest of the season till the playoffs begin and that should be enough for Kidd to find the way to make them fit against other teams as Kyrie eases back into the rotation. Cooper getting developed so he can play multiple positions is a key to his becoming the new team MVP but also to his helping make others around him a lot better.
If we see Cooper and PJ being a fit working together then we can work harder to trade off others to make sure we can extend PJ and find the $$$ to keep him long term. If Gaffords game is amplified by playing with Cooper then his value is greater than it was and so we can get more for him in a trade as well. When we get Kyrie back we won't have a lot of time before the TDL to evaluate things so I anticipate not making trades at the TDL, at least nothing major, assuming nothing negative happens to make such trades needed. A full season of letting Kyrie and Cooper learn to play together is needed.
Cooper should help everyone to improve their game just like Luka did. With that established your assets are worth more. Not even saying we should trade Gafford but if that was the plan we would be wise to allow the addition of Cooper to the team first so we can gauge how Coopers game works its magic to improve everyone.
Then Coopers impact is multiplication not simple addition because we can make moves with more value established as he helps to improve everyone around him and so we can make teams pay back more when and if any of our top trade assets are used in trades.
That is what we need to factor into the long term vision.
We can not just assume we are a win now at all costs team this season, we need to plan ahead properly and develop what we have for it to create more chemistry and stop trying to trade every spare piece off for the newest bigger better thing that is rumored to want off of some team. Shiny toys do not stay shiny forever the magic that leads to winning rings is chemistry.
Hey our old guys need to rest and heal still and show that they can handle the grind before we turn everything up to the maximum effort. Kyrie may not be his old self this season. AD needs to save what he has in the tank to use when Kyrie is fully back. It would suck to finally get Kyrie all the way back and then AD goes out again. Then you will have an AD you won't be able to trade for anything. We need to keep our guys fresh and if that depth is there like it is at PG to rest Kyrie we are able to resist the urge to overplay our old guys. We may need to bring on a few more pieces like Jones and a 2 way big that we can use to help us better rest AD and lower his usage during the regular season.
Then we can have guys who are ready to step in and play as our old guys fade away and Coopers timeline goes into full swing. Kyrie AD and Klay are not going to play the game forever. I just hope we can trade these guys to bring back assets that we can use to surround Cooper with better talent if it is still needed. Firing Nico is not going to happen if we win a ring sooner rather than later so we just need to trust the man does the right thing in getting back value with trades before that players value expires.
He will be back and I think he will be the Kyrie we all know and love. This being the case we just need a place saver that allows us to use our other players to win enough games to keep us in the fight for the ring and then when Kyrie comes back we have that weapon to use, then that becomes the difference maker to integrate and begin showing the true dominant nature our team has. Got to have faith guys.
If we then see that the experiment to field Cooper as a 1-2 is successful it will be even more so with a player like Irving who has already shown he could fit in with Luka.
They will solidify the ball handling and give us an unbeatable height advantage in the guard rotation and the defense of Kyrie against other guards will usually be strong enough for us to be great on defense as a team that can get stops at the end of games.
The hope that Cooper can be effective to be the main ball handler is what drives my enthusiasm.
Now we would have a backcourt that can stand against any other in the league with a bench that has defense to throw at others with Exum and if B Will takes off where he ended last year then he is a plus to use as well.
DLo should be useful on offense having played with AD so many years that he will instantly fit.
BONUS if injury hits, this team does an excellent job in finding 2 ways that can compete and Nembhard, Kelly and maybe another C/PF to serve as insurance from among Sharp, Cisse and others that may arrive by the time our season is getting underway. I see us using them to rest our teams star bigs as a strategy to keep them fresh and healthy for the play offs. Hopefully we clear roster space to sign Kai Jones as well because we have some serious injury concerns at C. We need to rest our 3 centers a lot this year and keep that regualr season mileage low.
I pray we are going to be rewarded as we show faith in what this team is capable of and waiting till the arrival of Kyrie and the proof that Cooper is who we want him to be. After we see what we have then we can rethink and re-evaluate it all to see who fits and who does not as you guys have said is then needed.
If Cooper is the man we thought he was then does that not mean we are set with the backcourt having talent off the bench that can be used sporadically as needed against matchups we face then our wisdom of keeping Gafford is rewarded by that fit with a team that now has a great backcourt to match the great frontcourt without the need to sell Gaff to get another star ball handling creator guard or wing.
After Kyrie returns is when the season starts for us. That and Cooper breaking out are the 2 things we need to see happen before we need to spend any more assets of adding anything other than Kai who is a need because we have the asset in our grasp and losing it to Denver would be a stupid thing to do. We need to sign him just to play keep away from other contenders that have a need at C.
Kyrie Cooper PJ AD Lively/Gafford with Klay first wing off the bench between Cooper and PJ who can also both rest AD.
Now we have Exum, Bwill, Dlo, and Nembhard to use to rest Kyrie over the rest of the season till the playoffs begin and that should be enough for Kidd to find the way to make them fit against other teams as Kyrie eases back into the rotation. Cooper getting developed so he can play multiple positions is a key to his becoming the new team MVP but also to his helping make others around him a lot better.
If we see Cooper and PJ being a fit working together then we can work harder to trade off others to make sure we can extend PJ and find the $$$ to keep him long term. If Gaffords game is amplified by playing with Cooper then his value is greater than it was and so we can get more for him in a trade as well. When we get Kyrie back we won't have a lot of time before the TDL to evaluate things so I anticipate not making trades at the TDL, at least nothing major, assuming nothing negative happens to make such trades needed. A full season of letting Kyrie and Cooper learn to play together is needed.
Cooper should help everyone to improve their game just like Luka did. With that established your assets are worth more. Not even saying we should trade Gafford but if that was the plan we would be wise to allow the addition of Cooper to the team first so we can gauge how Coopers game works its magic to improve everyone.
Then Coopers impact is multiplication not simple addition because we can make moves with more value established as he helps to improve everyone around him and so we can make teams pay back more when and if any of our top trade assets are used in trades.
That is what we need to factor into the long term vision.
We can not just assume we are a win now at all costs team this season, we need to plan ahead properly and develop what we have for it to create more chemistry and stop trying to trade every spare piece off for the newest bigger better thing that is rumored to want off of some team. Shiny toys do not stay shiny forever the magic that leads to winning rings is chemistry.
Hey our old guys need to rest and heal still and show that they can handle the grind before we turn everything up to the maximum effort. Kyrie may not be his old self this season. AD needs to save what he has in the tank to use when Kyrie is fully back. It would suck to finally get Kyrie all the way back and then AD goes out again. Then you will have an AD you won't be able to trade for anything. We need to keep our guys fresh and if that depth is there like it is at PG to rest Kyrie we are able to resist the urge to overplay our old guys. We may need to bring on a few more pieces like Jones and a 2 way big that we can use to help us better rest AD and lower his usage during the regular season.
Then we can have guys who are ready to step in and play as our old guys fade away and Coopers timeline goes into full swing. Kyrie AD and Klay are not going to play the game forever. I just hope we can trade these guys to bring back assets that we can use to surround Cooper with better talent if it is still needed. Firing Nico is not going to happen if we win a ring sooner rather than later so we just need to trust the man does the right thing in getting back value with trades before that players value expires.
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