Regarding the post above...
There is a future scenario I would like to see, but it does not appear possible. That scenario would be the players we all had at the beginning of the season... with AD committed to the center position plus Kyrie. What we don't know for future reference is whether Kidd and AD will settle on AD's natural position at center.
I wouldn't mind seeing this lineup with AD at the center position.
Kyrie\Bwill\Nemb
Christi\Klay
Naji\PJ
Flagg\PJ
AD\Gaff\Lively\Powell
That's a nice lineup.
But we are horribly thin at center now, and that won't happen. Our center position is AD, Cisse, and Powell. Both Gaff and AD seem terribly frail at present and my optimisim won't stretch that far. And of course, Kyrie is an unknown coming back off injury. So this lineup looks nice on paper, but it's hard to imagine as a sustainable lineup.
My only alternate hope outside of an AD trade is that enough trades can be manufactured outgoing to compensate. That is Gafford going out - with probably Martin and\or Hardy, maybe Klay and maybe Dlo. We get back in return a healthy backup center, and at least a 3-point specialist. But that sounds more like a dream than reality.
There is a future scenario I would like to see, but it does not appear possible. That scenario would be the players we all had at the beginning of the season... with AD committed to the center position plus Kyrie. What we don't know for future reference is whether Kidd and AD will settle on AD's natural position at center.
I wouldn't mind seeing this lineup with AD at the center position.
Kyrie\Bwill\Nemb
Christi\Klay
Naji\PJ
Flagg\PJ
AD\Gaff\Lively\Powell
That's a nice lineup.
But we are horribly thin at center now, and that won't happen. Our center position is AD, Cisse, and Powell. Both Gaff and AD seem terribly frail at present and my optimisim won't stretch that far. And of course, Kyrie is an unknown coming back off injury. So this lineup looks nice on paper, but it's hard to imagine as a sustainable lineup.
My only alternate hope outside of an AD trade is that enough trades can be manufactured outgoing to compensate. That is Gafford going out - with probably Martin and\or Hardy, maybe Klay and maybe Dlo. We get back in return a healthy backup center, and at least a 3-point specialist. But that sounds more like a dream than reality.