Originally posted by IdentityCrisis:
Originally posted by SF69ers:
Still so excited with how well the draft went for us. Aside from Barnes, Ezeli and Green were picks I was hoping for. When I look at our potential starting lineup of the future, I see a finesse team:
Curry, Klay, Barnes, Lee, Bogut
Our backup rotation is filled with tough, gritty players:
Jenkins, Rush, Green, Tyler, Ezeli
I'm excited to get the season rolling!!
still don't see that we have a superstar. kinda why I was hoping for Drummond.
the thing about the NBA is, the gap between the top couple seeds in the West and the bottom few is tremendous. so while we may be able to make the playoffs now, it's not like were going anywhere. you need a legitimate superstar, any other solid players are just gravy.
if drummond turns into a Dwight Howard type player (ya i know long shot, yada yada) then you've got a legitimate superstar with pieces around him to compete with teams like the Thunder.
but without that, what are we? just a team that can beat most other teams in the West, but will never be able to topple the best ones in the playoffs.
essentially I feel like we should be aiming to beat teams like the Spurs and Thunder, which means take the biggest homerun swing you can. anything else is just fooling ourselves into the playoffs.
We still have a bunch of young players that have lots of room for development. For all we know, Barnes could turn around and become a legitimate NBA star in the future. If you look at teams like Indiana, Memphis, and Philly, I don't feel like they have superstars on their teams, but they made it to the playoffs and competed well because of the pieces that they had mixed in with the right coaching. I feel like we've got excellent pieces on this squad to get to the playoffs and compete.
