We were going to lose Chandler at the end of the year, so he only matters in this deal if we thought we were going to have a shot this year with him and I doubt anyone can argue that. So, for the future, it was a question of whether you'd rather have Felton or Chandler on the payroll over the next one or two years. Felton was terrible last year, not a team leader, and it doesn't seem that anyone wants to play with him. We've been atrocious with Calderon, but I'd rather be stuck with him than Felton. Also, Calderon may also be tradeable under the right circumstances without a kicker to add value, no one would have taken Felton from us if not packaged with a much better player.
Agree, Chandler would have kept us in the playoff hunt, but with felton leading the offense, we'd be a as good as giving the #1 seed a first round bye. Basically Dalembert and chandler were off books next year...then Felton and calderon both are under contract 2015-16...If felton plays a game for dallas I'd be surprised. Especially that they now have rondo.
have we not suffered for years... sorry but cant give him 'years'... his 1st move sucked... 'IF' ..big 'IF' he signs a major FA, then our salaries in 16/17 is 52m, not 32... and only has '3' contracts on books... he better start showing me more then he has so far... his rating uptil now is a large "F"
Yes we have endured, but that doesn't change the team, that doesn't give us the necessary fire power to win championship just because we've endured poor ownership. What we need to do, is to clean house from last year, maybe make a trade get a few picks back, Give the GM a chance to build a championship team from the bottom up.
It's not jacksons fault The team he was took over was a middle of the pack, maybe get lucky and barely make the playoffs team, Straddled with salary cap eating contracts for mediocre players.
It's not like a new guy can walk in and snap his fingers and have a different team then Phil. It's not like you can start from scratch, it takes a year to clear house of bad players, bad contracts.
I know it sucks and we deserve better, but the reason we are in the situation we are in, is because of lack of patience...
Building is the way to go. We need to get this right, no quick fixes or impulsive trades are gonna bring in a championship. No matter what we did this year, we couldn't compete against the west or even the Bulls. Not with the pieces we had...so you scrap it, like this year, take a risk, by getting ride of chandler to also get rid of felton...worst case you suck and Next year we will have a better 1st round draft pick(then a barely maybe playoff team) and also some cap room, almost 19 million in 2015-16, we're gonna sign someone...it may not be max...then we'll see what happens.There is a whole year for him to make moves still. If JR smith plays well...trade bait for teams looking for a scorer. I have no real attachment to anyone on the team. Trade'em all.
Just can't judge him in his first year...simply a poor sample size, to early in the beginning of his plan for you to judge him...leading to a possible inaccurate assessment. Because it sounds like to me you want him gone and can't see the big picture.
But longevity and consistency of GM and Coach make teams consistent. not quick fix patch jobs that plug one hole, while not bringing in sustainable talent.
A gm(walsh) with plan A, who gets 1/2 of the way through his plan, the owner(dolan) go over his head, push a trade and then give it to a temp (grunwald) who takes team on plan B, then hire a guy#3 (jackson) with plan C...Plan C first step just clean up this mess. He can't be blamed for the team being pulled in several directions the last few years. Give him time, Let him do his thing...if next years team(2015-16) is not competitive then I'd be shocked. but won't really be upset unless they are this terrible again, because we have no draft picks coming 2016-17(so being bad doesn't help) and Likely won't have much cap space left after they use some 2015-16