There's a philosophical conversation to be had about the value of bringing in Sexton whether it's for a year or he's brought on with the intention to extend and that conversation is whether or not Thibs' brand of ball is a sustainable and successful approach to win championships in this league.
A lot of the support I'm seeing for Sexton seems to be rooted in fit with Thibs and I don't think there's an argument to be had there. Admittedly, I haven't watched Sexton enough to have strong feelings one way or another, but what I have seen is a guy that's all effort and energy and tough nosed, but doesn't seem to be particularly versatile as an offensive player; that's not to say he can't grow to become one, but defensive oriented and simplified offense Thibs isn't exactly the coach to help do it.
So kf the logic is that he's a Thibs guy, who's offense is notoriously simple, why the fukk is that a good thing that's he's a Thibs kind of guy? If I'm building this team, I'm looking for players that are offensively gifted, whether it be through scoring or playmaking, with the tools/baseline to play the brand of tough/team defense Thibs requires of his team to compliment our core of RJ and Randle.
Bringing effectively another bully like Sexton to go with RJ in the backcourt, to play off another bully, albeit with more finesse in Randle, because it "fits" Thibs' mold just means more of the same shyt from last year. It means stagnant, outdated offense that's going to grind you down in the regular season but come up short in the post season when everything slows down and scheming around shyt/crowding the paint is easier and whatever random spot up shooter that can't do anything else on the floor is cold and out of rhythm has to rush a shot or feels the playoff pressure.
Thibs' offense is trash. I don't know why or how it's beneficial to enable him if there is the potential to get players that are more offensively gifted through the draft/FA and get them to buy into the team culture, versus bringing on more "killers" that have 1 tool in their tool belt. We need offense. Real offense. Not someone that makes their living at the rim on a trash team.
We had a season to see what we have and it fizzled out. This is a time to retool and fix what was missing, not fukking double down with more of the same.
If you're reupping Randle, that says he's your guy. If you're keeping RJ, he's your core piece. Build around then with complimentary pieces, not redundancies. I'd rather have an offensively gifted player who we dumb down to our plodding offense that can freelance when we need him too versus another inconsistent scorer just because he claps and plays with effort.
We're buying into this philosophy to the letter of "NY style" ball bullshyt and we're going to end up going down the road of Rex Ryan's Jets and the Knicks of old in a league that has teams that can drop 140 easy. Even the 90's Knicks gave in and added Houston and the ghost of LJ and Sprewell for offense because that grit and grind shyt gets you so far. We need versatility. Not guys that fit an outdated mold.