Next GM Watch

[F Gump]

My concern is that we'll get everyone back healthy mid-season and go on a huge run. The talent is there to do that...especially with Kyrie and AD.

I'm not big on tanking but I also don't want us to go on a big run with no chance of making POs and screw ourselves out of a possible top 7 pick.

At their current pace, they will hit mid-season (and Kyrie's return) at 10-31 and be near the very bottom of the West (right now the only team with a worse record in WC is NO, and they are trying hard to win because they don't have their own pick).

But yes, even at that, if everything fell right after Kyrie's return and everyone stayed healthy, they can certainly mess it up. It would will take grownups being in charge, and being willing to make hard decisions, to go on to have the best chances for a top-5 pick. 

However, they do have tools if they choose to use them. You aren't ever forced to win, when you need to lose. Minutes featuring bad players in key moments are your friend. So are small nagging injuries, which can be made to take forever to heal. It's a competitive league, and lots of good teams will be playing hard to win. There will be plenty of Ls available to whoever wants them.