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Re: Kyrie Irving
There's a difference between youth/inexperience and immaturity/headcases. A young team does not entail a "dysfunctional" team.
The non-Tankers need to come to grips that we don't need several 30-year-old veterans on this team who play large minutes to the point that we cannot get a difference maker in the draft, thus putting us on the treadmill of mediocrity. We're not asking the team to strip it down to the point that we can't win. We're asking that the team be stripped of its parts that are not going to be valuable in the future for parts that will be valuable in the future such as younger players acquired through trades and the draft who want to be here for the long haul. This will also allow us to more naturally fall into place in a draft position that's more indicative of our future core's talent level. That's all we ask.
Yes, I'd still prefer that the Cavs lose as many games as possible in order to get as high of a draft pick as possible at least this year and perhaps even next year, but, beyond getting rid of Jamison, Sessions, and Varejao, I'm not going to suggest that this team to get rid of anyone in our young core in order to get a better draft pick. That's like taking a step back in order to PERHAPS take a step forward.
Moving Varejao, Jamison, and Sessions is about maximizing the value of these players in 5-10 years from now by getting back young talent and draft picks in return, both of which will be likely more helpful in 5-10 years than those three players. In light of the prognosis of the team 5-10 years from now, moving Varejao, Sessions, and Jamison is like taking no steps back or perhaps a baby step back at maximum (because none of those players will be on this team 5-10 years from now except maybe the dead corpse of Varejao) and several steps forward through years of better draft positions (because of the vets' lack of helping in empty wins that ruin draft position) that lead to better players and additional young players either acquired through trades or from additional draft picks received in trades from moving those three players. Keeping Varejao, Jamison, and Sessions hurts our draft chances, but does nothing in the way of improving the talent on this roster or our chances of winning in 5-10 years from now.
You may see the tankers as wanting to strip the team to the point that the Cavs cannot win (which isn't true), but the reality is that, by keeping players like Varejao, Sessions, and Jamison on this team, we're not making the moves that we need to make to the point that we can't win it all. Those guys need to be gone yesterday.
There's a difference between youth/inexperience and immaturity/headcases. A young team does not entail a "dysfunctional" team.
The non-Tankers need to come to grips that we don't need several 30-year-old veterans on this team who play large minutes to the point that we cannot get a difference maker in the draft, thus putting us on the treadmill of mediocrity. We're not asking the team to strip it down to the point that we can't win. We're asking that the team be stripped of its parts that are not going to be valuable in the future for parts that will be valuable in the future such as younger players acquired through trades and the draft who want to be here for the long haul. This will also allow us to more naturally fall into place in a draft position that's more indicative of our future core's talent level. That's all we ask.
Yes, I'd still prefer that the Cavs lose as many games as possible in order to get as high of a draft pick as possible at least this year and perhaps even next year, but, beyond getting rid of Jamison, Sessions, and Varejao, I'm not going to suggest that this team to get rid of anyone in our young core in order to get a better draft pick. That's like taking a step back in order to PERHAPS take a step forward.
Moving Varejao, Jamison, and Sessions is about maximizing the value of these players in 5-10 years from now by getting back young talent and draft picks in return, both of which will be likely more helpful in 5-10 years than those three players. In light of the prognosis of the team 5-10 years from now, moving Varejao, Sessions, and Jamison is like taking no steps back or perhaps a baby step back at maximum (because none of those players will be on this team 5-10 years from now except maybe the dead corpse of Varejao) and several steps forward through years of better draft positions (because of the vets' lack of helping in empty wins that ruin draft position) that lead to better players and additional young players either acquired through trades or from additional draft picks received in trades from moving those three players. Keeping Varejao, Jamison, and Sessions hurts our draft chances, but does nothing in the way of improving the talent on this roster or our chances of winning in 5-10 years from now.
You may see the tankers as wanting to strip the team to the point that the Cavs cannot win (which isn't true), but the reality is that, by keeping players like Varejao, Sessions, and Jamison on this team, we're not making the moves that we need to make to the point that we can't win it all. Those guys need to be gone yesterday.
