Luke_FfS

Even if I always loved Jrue, I agree that this is not the right move... for us. But it was a pretty good one for Boston, they won a ring with him and could have easily won another with better luck. In those situation it's worth to pay the price, and the player also deserved that after a career starting almost from scratches.

It's game 7 of the semifinals, with Porter that has never been healthy on the recent weeks, and Aaron with problems too. Their main problem IMO is ownership that refused to spend to keep players or improve with other moves, even after the title. You've a generational player like Nikola, and you're being cheap? (Or firing coach and GM 3 days before playoffs, after putting them in a difficult situation) Also, OKC has been a war machine all season, even if maybe they still lack a little playoff experience. They've made two really good moves instead of evaluating, their FA signing was the C they needed and helped them against Nikola, and Caruso has been valuable too. Actually, I'm surprised Denver reached another Game 7 in this situation.

It's not an answer to your last post CT (there are, btw, also other teams that will grow, like Detroit this season, and Boston+Cavs were actually quite unlucky) but I love how we assume that we're always better than everyone, sometimes with the health excuse even if we were pretty similar the previous season. And then assuming that we're also better than Indiana, a team that has reached the conference finals in two consecutive season, and actually deserve the word Contender, earning that with facts. Until now, we have only won a few games in the first round. It's fine to be positive on a fan forum, but that's the reality and we should work starting from there.

That pick could become interesting, depends on Pho choices.

Last season playoff, and last season in general, we were as healthy as a team can be, and we were unable to get past a pretty mediocre Cavs team, that was then beaten easily (4-1) by the C's. It wasn't the Cavs team that worked like a perfect group this season, but a pretty disjointed one. I've repeated that thing so many times that I'm actually boring myself... so no, I will not buy the theory that we're easily contenders if healthy. We're pretty far from that IMO, and we absolutely need improvements in a lot of different aspects, from player growth to FO moves, from coaching staff to shooting lessons, etc

I'm about my own opinion, that is clearly pretty different from your, as always. :) Last season we were healthy as hell but still way under the required level for a contender.

Suns not controlling their own picks - they surely will want talent+picks - why would be interested without any of our top 3 involved?

Injuries are unfortunately taking a toll on series that could have been a lot more interesting. While we're Playoff ready, or even more, on the defensive end and I hope we'll mantain that, watching the playoffs I still have the sensation that we're so behind in a lot of other details, like obviosly 3ps and playmaking, we have depth but not that kind of depth that is useful in the playoffs, coaching staff need to work hard too. A lot of things need to be improved, and that's still conference semifinals, even more is needed to be real contendes.

Nico is actually a genius that nobody understand! :D (two scenarios now: he don't choose the obvious one with the pick, or he trades him for veterans because he wants to win now!)

Sorry, wasn't intentional. :) I know, I read all your points, but still, I don't see him like the true PG we need, and I don't care a lot about a one year fix of our bench. Would only be a lateral move, but I understand why you warmed up on the idea.

Draymond Green shooting 34% from 3 in the last 10 playoff games, even including yesterday now show. That's better than the Orlando Magic. :D

I get the low price low risk idea, but it's another SG (and a short one, something that FO doesn't like a lot) and we already have Suggs and KCP here. That move would condemn us to the Suggs in PG position error another season at least, as I highly doubt that Portland would be interested in taking KCP salary back.

And Aaron adds a key 3 to go to OT to the 2 winning ones he already made, all in 10 playoffs games. Wouldn't have imagined him to be so clutch, not even in wildest dreams. Anyway, it's years that every single Denver series is GOLD.

I would not be completely against Porz even with the described problems, that I agree with. But IMO the point is another, with all the money we have invested in our 3 ex-rookies, do we have the space for another big contract? Maybe so, but we really need to spend it at center position? What we do to solve our PG holes after that?

They were missing 3 starters, so for me was a surprise to see them dominating... but yes, they've throw this one in so many multiple ways that hurts. GS controlling without Steph is also a mistery. 5 games until now, 5 away victories. Has to be a record.