12-22-2025, 07:02 PM
(12-22-2025, 06:50 PM)mvossman Wrote: The guy hiring that GM is clearly an NBA idiot. My thoughts may change on this when we see who that GM is, but until then I am team rebuild/reset.
Second sentence is reasonable, of course. I think we're actually pretty close to being on the same page, only I'm leaning a little more optimistic than you. This IS a lot of talent at the top of the roster, after all, and Flagg IS better than I expected already. But yeah, we can agree that more info can/will change the equation.
I think the think YOU have more faith in than I do is that the starting over process (that's what it is once you ditch AD and/or Kyrie, regardless of how you want to qualify it) can be sped up by trading one or both of those two guys. I just feel like there's a better chance of the team being good with them than there is of lucking your way out of paying the price of sending all those assets out to build around a player you don't have anymore. Not a single player on the team today will still be here when Flagg hits his true prime, so...why not just try to be as good as you can while he's in the incubator?
As far as the emboldened, I don't know if that's clear yet. It might be true, but he might've just been super out of his depth regarding the business of the NBA at first. This is why Cuban being (just a little) involved doesn't scare me. I think it might be a help in some ways. But, it's possible Dumont is a pretty smart dude who will (or even has) learn from mistakes as he goes. Again, the more info we get, the more we'll know.
It really is all about who the GM is. That hire will tell us quite a bit. I guess my underlying hope is that nothing huge happens until that person is here. Since I feel that way, and since we haven't even seen the full team on the court, I think caution is advised in the near future. I'd really hate to see AD get Porzingis'd. That might be the final nail in the coffin.