11-08-2025, 07:54 AM
Kidd, no matter what other flaws he has, has got his teams to play hard. This is the first time it’s not happening. Getting rid of him is not changing the fact that the GM brought in Klay and Russ, let Brunson walk, gave away Grines and made his bed with older injury prone players. If he had traded Luka for Cade or Scotty Barnes or Buzelis or someone young at least there is a chance you could understand his vision. Nico has no real vision. As someone wrote a while ago here, it was only about getting players he had a connection with to come here whether it made sense or not. Every single fan and player in the league thinking the original news was a hack shows how historically terrible that trade was and everyone, other than Nico, knew it immediately.
Also I will say this again. We have to sell high on our centers. They can both be good but one is injury prone and will never take the next step offensively to keep defenses somewhat honest, while the other is a superb lob threat guy and a warrior but you saw with players like Kai Jones, that there are alternatives out there. This is the time to sell high and hoard picks. This team isn’t going anywhere. However again, it would need a competent GM and Nico is not that.
Also I will say this again. We have to sell high on our centers. They can both be good but one is injury prone and will never take the next step offensively to keep defenses somewhat honest, while the other is a superb lob threat guy and a warrior but you saw with players like Kai Jones, that there are alternatives out there. This is the time to sell high and hoard picks. This team isn’t going anywhere. However again, it would need a competent GM and Nico is not that.
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