Fuggles
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Right now, if that trade is made, we are looking at a bench of Delly, Miller, Thompson and garbage. That won't cut it if we're serious about winning a championship.
Bennett already looks like a different player this season. I doubt he has a repeat of last season's performance. And to totally disregard the value of the lockdown defense that Wiggins immediately brings us out of the gate at the 2 and 3 spot is to be equally as shortsighted. You cannot sit there and discount the contributions these two guys can make for us. There is a reason Flip is fighting hard to get this deal done with Wiggins included in the package.
Again, if the KLove trade is made, Griffin is creating some work for himself if he plans on putting a roster of players out there capable of competing for a championship this year.
For starters, you don't need a full bench of good players to win a championship. I agree that ours isn't good enough right now but if Delly and TT both improve this year it isn't going to take much more to add on top of it.
Second, no one considers the team done with the addition of Love. We will have the full-mle and haywood exception plus in theory we will look more appealing to ring chasers next year. On top of that we have too few players without playoff experience and new coach who hasn't coached one NBA game. With or without Love this was going to be an experiment and all about priming us to dominate in 2016. The only reason people are even calling us a championship caliber team right now is because of Lebron and that our path to the finals is weak and once you get that far who knows what can happen.