u/DropPowerful9081

I don’t get why this is such a laughable take to have. The first thing Nick Wright (who doesn’t know ball) and the other guy (don’t even know who he is) did was laugh.

I guess maybe I would’ve worded it slightly differently. I would’ve said “Cade is the best all-around American player in the league right now.”

From purely a scoring perspective, there’s other American players I would take over Cade. Ant, Brunson, Tatum, maybe even KD (because that’s all he does).

If you combine two-way play though, and also factor in facilitating ability, Cade takes the cake over everyone else.

This is why we know that these talking heads don’t know ball. All they see is a headline of somebody dropping 50 in a playoff game, and that’s all they look at. There’s literally no nuance at all in these convos.

Shooting isn’t our only priority to address this offseason.

The main reason is because shooting comes and goes. While we need to address shooting during the offseason, what mainly has to be the focus is a secondary ball handler/shot-creator.

We have too many dudes on this roster that can’t create offense for themself and need everything to be run for them or to play an off-ball role.

We need to target players that won’t be ball-dominant but can create their own shot when necessary. This has been sorely missed in the postseason.

Too much standing around is happening with this current offense in the playoffs. And when somebody does try to be a hero, it looks so bad because nobody is used to creating their own shot.

Cade Cunningham has a turnover issue, but it’d be cut in half if not more if he had players that actually knew how to score the ball without being set up first.

The following players are on their list (take it with a grain of salt):

-Lauri Markkanen

-Trey Murphy III

One minor gripe with this. Neither of those players are “stars”. That word is used too much around professional sports.

Here’s an idea. How about we get both players. Do everything in our power to not give up some of our young core. First round picks are easier to give up, but our core is not.

I known Lauri has an exorbitant contract and Trey Murphy III could cost us as many as four firsts, but we might have to just bite that bullet.

Free agency isn’t what it used to be. Stars rarely hit the market anymore. Especially young, prime-level stars.

Draft night is one of the easiest times to make a deal. Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could strike a draft night trade for a star or two?

I’d take last year’s squad in a heartbeat. Yeah, we won 60 games and all that this year, but I enjoyed last year’s team far more.

The year after a 14-win season. The redemption year. Actually having shooting on the squad (even if the numbers didn’t back that up, it’s still night and day compared to this current roster).

The worst part about all of this is it was so painfully obvious this team had serious flaws. Like literally was impossible to miss.

And yet, we treated this playoff series as a test run, when we got the Knicks, Cavs, and Celtics all vulnerable this season.

I cannot believe we are about to lose 4-1 to an 8-seed after winning 60 games man. Can’t never have shit in Detroit. Like fr. Breaks my heart 💔