07-30-2025, 11:24 AM
(07-30-2025, 09:29 AM)mvossman Wrote: I think without the blind luck of landing Flagg in the lottery the massive fan apathy regarding this team would have continued for the foreseeable future. Flagg was a savior from the standpoint of fan interest.
I strongly disagree with the idea that Flagg is somehow part of the Luka trade. The odds of them landing Flagg at the point of that trade was maybe 200 to 1. It took catastrophic injuries and another terrible trade (Grimes) for the team to even be in the lottery and then of course the less than 2% chance to land him. Nobody says we traded Brunson for Lively. Thats not how it works.
Sure, but it's not about credit. It's irrelevant to me how this all happened. I agree that dumb luck was a huge factor, but I'm with Sken. I'm hopeful that the new situation is better than the old (it might not be).