Rob’s out in the backyard literally turning over rocks waiting for some other GM to bail him out. Meanwhile all the ‘contend now’ centers are off the board, many of them squarely in our price range and us having a starting role to bequeath without competition.
The fact that Hayes is still out there is both a sign of our ineptitude and how much we seemingly blew it with him.
Luka’s working out, LeBron’s doing LeBron and there’s olllllld “Master Class” waiting for the tea leaves to dry while seemingly literally looking under stones.
It’d be funnier except, as Mongo astutely pointed out, this clownish futility all factors in to Luka re-upping for a quarter of a billion dollars.
If I know my absolute favorite GM he just might find a way to blow this, too. Incredible considering all we had to was hold onto one guy (DFS) and keep the phone lines open for a decent center or two…
Takes a lotta work to fuck up this much. Takes a lotta grace to fuck up this often and still have the job.
Even if we sign Ayton (no guarantee by a country mile) he’s not really what we need. He’s been hurt, he average a piddling 56 games per season.
His defense is suspect, he averages more turnovers than blocks for his career.
The only thing he does consistently is make everyone around him dislike him so much they’re willing to either pay him to go away or signal well before his contract is up that a trade for him would be most welcome! Most welcome, indeed…
Horford might be 7,210 years old but pairing him with Richards or Hayes makes a shit ton more sense than blowing what tiny little watery wad we have on this knucklehead.
If Ayton was truly plan A from the get go it was a shitty plan from the get go. This is all really disappointing. Hope it finally gets Master Class fired.
The articles about Ayton’s attitude and inability to drive out of his icy driveway in Portland….considering his salary ($35 mill????)….other players busting their butts would look at him and say “What the PUCK???”….