If we don’t Repeat .. Rob Pelinka will have to man up and apologize for breaking up a championship team

[yinoma2001]

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From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals

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The Denver Nuggets are 12 -1 without their superstar guard Jamal Murray.

Excuses make you seem weak...

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[Nash Vegas]

AC is not a PG, he shouldn’t playmake
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[Lakerwayne]

What? Last years team was clearly more dependent on lbj and ad in my eyes, this year there is a lot more scoring and playmaking on the team outside of them two and there is more depth. Last years team would probably be in the lotto right now with bron and ad out injured as much as they have been. They would have no scoring or playmaking, especially since rondo is usually bad in the regular season. That’s why they built the team this way, to try to stay competitive in the event of likely injuries to their main guys after a championship run, shortened offseason, and condensed schedule. Cmon people isn’t this obvious? Just because the team is struggling right now doesn’t mean the front office did the wrong thing in the off-season, they did what they did anticipating this and the team is trying to stay afloat right now as injuries and absences have piled up. Wtf are some people on here talking about 😳

[windycitycane]

well at least we can all agree that our 'supporting cast' has been one of the biggest disappointments in sports..
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[Lakerz113]

I feel like the pressure is off. With injuries nobody expects us to be favorites anymore. Let’s play it out being the underdog and if this team gets bounced, have a rest, regroup, and comeback strong.

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[Lakerz113]

Three point shooters who can pump and drive are crucial in today’s game. KCP does it somewhat, but for the most part we just don’t have that.

[elBJ]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it comes to mind.
I liked the moves other than D12/39 but last years teams chemistry got watered down and this years team never got a chance to develop it with all the injuries. Bad combo and RP looks culpable.

[yinoma2001]

[DLaker]

Double post

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[vasashi17+]

Cant really apologize for running it back, cause last year’s team had flaws just as much as this year’s version. Pelinka knew that the COVID pause last year was unique and allowed Bron & AD to refresh. We won last year off of Bron/AD’s brilliance imho and that is a direct result of them getting healthy with last year’s hiatus during the season.

If Bron and AD got sufficient rest again, I would have liked our chances this year as well. But playmaking falls entirely on Bron this year in the postseason, last year it didn’t. So no rest for you Bron. Drummond was a late add, so it came down to Marc and Trezz having to shoulder the center position during the regular season and we been knowing that Marc has been slowing down over the years and can’t be a 30min per guy and as for Trezz, he’s a defensive liability at the 5 which would suggest limited minutes with Vogel at the helm. Losing Dwight for the same vet min amount and then having to shed McGee to give Marc a two year deal was part of what did us in. Having Schro be Bron’s primary backup in playmaking is what did us in. Now our duo are hobbled as a result.

If Rob needs to apologize, it’s for botching the 2019 summer where we had the ability to construct a new coaching staff, get a max FA and still then trade for AD. Instead, we got like our 3rd choice at HC with no offensive acumen to his name, we didn’t get a 3rd max guy to help Bron and eventually AD in playmaking and we gave up entirely too many assets for a distressed asset in AD who pretty much used every tactic in the book (including using his pops to dare Ainge to trade for his son) to force his way to LA and yet we still gave up unnecessary draft capital when we were handed that type of leverage from AD/Klutch.

Rob had partial fault in letting Jules walk for nothing in return and not retaining TB’s trivial caphold for unrealized cap space, then gave up additional assets for a 3rd max slot, only to not really have that player commit in the end. Here’s a thought...get a verbal commitment from dude and then pull the trigger in dumping assets to clear space for that 3rd max.

Had we been more judicious with our assets (ie coaching options and cap space), then Bron and AD wouldn’t need to be entirely relied upon last year as well as this year.

Imho, we were lucky to have the COVID break last year, otherwise both sets of rosters had holes in them that would derail any title aspirations we hoped to have.

Btw, roster construction to me is having a deep enough squad that can help you get by during the regular season so that your stars can really come through in the postseason. Rob had the right idea in wanting to have a team with 3 stars on it. He has yet to succeed in that regard, so if anything apologize for that. But then again, he took MozDeng and turned it into at least 2 stars, so he deserves kudos for at least that, right!?

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