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While this makes a lot of sense, you have to take into consideration that any championship team in the past has had veterans who have been pretty much worthless when it comes to playing serious minutes. The reason for this being that you need guys who can take the younger guys, or guys without playoff experience and take them under their wings. Everything we hear about Jones, Miller, and Marion is that they are great locker room guys. It is evident with Miller who always looks to be positive and trying to keep this team together. Has he played like we all have hoped? Hell no, but I can guarantee you that he helps mend certain situations between the coaching staff and the key players like Lebron. Obviously Lebron listens and respects Miller or he would not want him on the team, same going for Jones.
So with that being said, if we were a young team with absolutely no shot at making a run then I would be all for brining in younger projects, but thats not the kind of team we are. After these trades I have a new confidence that this team will be just fine when they get on the court together.
You're not wrong, but these issues go beyond this year. In the four years that the team sucked, they consistently overlooked the center position, spent time on undersized PFs and SGs, and didn't once take a flier on a high level athlete with the tools to be very good but needed time. When they have, they've almost immediately traded them away. Its just frustrating to see a team consistently make decisions that, even as they are happening, you know probably won't end well. (This response really has less to do with Marion, Miller and Jones than it does with the decision making as a whole.)