06-23-2026, 09:56 PM
(06-23-2026, 09:51 PM)hakeemfaan Wrote:
We all talked at length about Burries being a real steal if he could play the point. Once you slot him at the 2 or 3, his wingspan has limitations. So if the front office was not convinced that he could guard multiple positions and he is not going to be lighting it up offensively every night, then his value drops for them. Also, you are talking as if Johnson won't be scoring much or has no upside on his shot.
I don't see this as any sort of catastrophic mistake. They were constrained by where they drafted and who was left. Sure if Burries or Ament or Mara turn out to be absolute studs we can talk a few years from now, but by the same token Morez has a lot of upside as well. Let's see.
I'm not calling it a catastrophic mistake (that would be Mara). But this is not a position of need for a team that had a lot of needs. Maybe Lively is never going to be able to stay on the court and then it was a position of need. But that is just an indication of how far this team is. The odds of them getting near that point before Kyrie is in hard decline is much less likely now. This is simply a sign that we are looking at a longer rebuild than a lot of folks on here were hoping.