10-12-2025, 06:14 AM
(10-12-2025, 05:47 AM)Winter Wrote: Hornets were a step quicker on offense and defense, got a ton of rebounds, and probably played better than they will most of the season.
Flagg and PJ looked good. Klay was good. A tiny shout-out to Miles Kelly who can hit his shot.
AD is not so good in this offense, and if there is a postion for him, I don't think it's the one he's playing. He's not really impacting the game much at that position. Max looks like a rotation player - same as last year. D'lo and everyone else looked slower and more timid than anyone on the Hornets. That's probably expected to some degree. They'll get better, but AD is not a game changer when he's on the floor. Not yet, anyway.
AD at PF behind an already slow backcourt is a major problem.
Unfortunately the shoes salesman is not smart enough to trade AD, although GS is the PERFECT FIT for a trade.
It´s BEGGING to be done. We get all the Warriors picks that will be very good in 2-3 years. The Warriors have to do it for the Steph window, although they should not mortage their future. That´s when you take advantage of a favourable situation.
We tank one more season, draft a PG/SG to pair with Kuminga/Flagg/Lively and the veteran core of Gafford, Washington, Marshall, Kyrie, Russell, Christie will easily be good enough to be growing into a 50 wins play-off from the start of the 2026 season.
We don´t own our picks, but instead we get all the Warriors and Lakers picks that could turn very good very quickly given the explosive age, health and character situations around Bron, Butler, Steph, Draymond and AD.