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It's been the biggest reason from the downgrade from Schlenk. You can criticize a lot of moves and picks from Schlenk but the underlying philosophy was always completely consistent. You can't get anywhere without direction, that's step 1.

We have too much talent to tear it all down, and I don't trust our front office AT ALL to lead a rebuild.

Yeah people forget how disappointing the last two Bud year's were and his coaching was not great. Milwaukee fan were never huge Bud fans. They were one Durant shoe size away from having absolutely nothing but awful playoff showings every single year he was coach.

I don't care if Eddy is a generational player or the next Drummond. Either is sorely needed right now.

I'm all for Edey. He fills an enormous need for us which is a legit backup center with size. I have no doubt he can be a contributing + player in that role. If he becomes anything more than that is a cherry on top.

Yea, he's been mocked anywhere from the teens to the second round.

Let's see what the team looks like when(if?) Trae gets back. There's been a lot of improvements at other positions.

It was my wisdom tooth that was scraping against my cheek that caused it and prompted the removal.

I was such a big fan of his in San Antonio when he was a full time PG. He is showing that exact same level of play again. He's just not a SG in any shape way or form.

And neither is optimized offensively to boot. The front office is well aware the fit has not worked, question is what can we do to fix it? If all we are getting for Murray are sub-Austin Reaves value deals we are kinda left with no choice but to keep trying to fit the round peg in the square hole.

He was like top 2, no? One of the best rebounding seasons on a per min bases ever for a starting player.

I mean the one time he played with an elite defensive center we were pretty close. You built around your superstar, every team does this. What you don't do is trade three picks to get an All-Star-level player that plays the exact same position as your current superstar player. That move was 100% a gamble on that Murray could provide similar value at the 2 than at the 1 and that has been proven so far to categorically not be the case. You can't blame Trae for that, that's on the front office. There is a huge gap between the talent level of our top 2 guys and the rest of the team, but sadly the top 2 guys value drops when they have to share the floor. That, along with lack of depth + a lot of injuries, is why the team is "underachieving" relative to their perceived talent level. I will add, to built a winner you need to be absolutely elite at least on one end of the floor. Trae has shown he can consistently lead elite offenses even with very little in terms of supporting casts. He is a no doubt about it top 5-10 offensive player in the NBA, he was consistently top 3 before the DJM pairing. There is a literal handful of guys in the entire NBA you can replace Trae with, the same is not true for Murray.

We flipped core pieces for future picks and TPEs, Clint has regressed massively, Gallo got old. The emergence of JJ, Hunter figuring things out, and maybe Vit becoming something is the light at the end of the tunnel. If we want to roll with Trae and Murray (or have no choice) then I think our biggest hole atm is the C spot with Clint just not being good enough anymore. We need a defensive anchor, and OO just is too small. It's easier to get specific top level role players than a superstar, which is what you are going to need to pair DJM with to ever make a run.

Bruno might be for sure. He's had stretches in his career where he has been, all about consistency with him. If he gets his mind right he for sure has the skill set to be a very competent rotation player. Mathews... no. Vit is becoming more and more interesting by the day.

We all know that our weakness is the frontcourt and wing defense. But those things are not easy fixes. We aren't fixing that in free agency, and the draft is a crapshoot that will take years to bear fruit even if we hit on it. Trade is the only thing that realistically can give us a fix there, and the only guys we have worth trading are Trae, Murray and Bogi.