I go 50/50 with this Dame thing all the time. In addition to what you said, hes always injured now too that hes older.
Dame/mikail isnt really doing anything but keeping us entertained. Who else will even be on the roster?
Im in the no camp today but then i think of the alternative and I cant watch spencer anymore.
In terms of our off season I am
A) If scoot is available @ 3 I’ll drop Mikal at the airport myself, If Sharpe is involved I’d drive Mikal on a bike all the way to Portland
Fire sale the team and go all in youth (maybe grab a pic or two of ours back)
B) Nothing major just upgrade the roster around Mikal and be a 8-6 and be mid asf.
Z) Trade for Dame.
We talked about tanking doesn’t work and I had time and actually looked at the Championship winning rosters the last decade and some change…. You’ll see commonalities. I think people do themselves a disservice thinking a champ team and a “top 4 seed and make some noise in the playoffs” are the same (looking at you, Philly).
You either have an arguable GOAT (CLE, LA, MIA), a homegrown superstar and traded/signed supporting cast (MIL, DAL), an homegrown supporting cast and traded for the superstar (TOR), or both an homegrown superstar + organic supporting cast (GS, SAN).
I didn’t see a team that solely traded for their best #1-#4 players (which if we do win with dame is what we’d most likely have to do).
Could this be coincidence? Sure, or maybe championship winning teams arnt built on paper.
I think the outlier of Lebron’s talent really fukked up a lot of people’s perception