Rock and a Hard Place

[KillerLeft]

Again, I am NOT saying you sell ALL the vets. But if you are unwilling to sell the most desirable for assets, then you are not digging this team out of its asset hole. 

If anyone not named Luka is not available on some level, then the IIC are doing this completely wrong. Completely.

Well sure, there is a price that would make anyone available. No argument there. 

I just think that selling DFS/Kleber, in particular, would be shortsighted, despite your motivations clearly being the opposite of that. I think you'd be surprised how much worse the team can get if you take even more key vets out of the mix. Those are the guys the team looks to for leadership - the ones who have been here the longest and who play the most minutes. Now, no question a shakeup is needed (maybe more than one) but as Dan said, after the shakeup you'll want good, solid players at cheap prices, and they can't all be replaced by rookie contracts because too many young players will set this thing back to the very beginning, talent increase (which is not guaranteed just through change) or not. You kind of want the majority of the team to be in that 27-32 year old sweet spot from now until the Luka era has ended. Absolutely agreed that doing so will require seeing three moves ahead on the chess board, which is where I think you're coming from, but DFS/Kleber on those good contracts IS the goal, imo. It would take an improved player, also on a good contract, to get me to come off of either. 

I would be trying to sell Bullock, Ntilikina, Bertans, McGee and one of THJ or Dinwiddie FOR SURE. Good players, draft capital, young talent with potential, whatever I can get. Maybe that's not much, but as long as each move heads in the right direction and the team stays within striking distance on the floor, you'll get there eventually...

...as long as the coach can coach. More and more, I'm wondering if he can.