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I was right,unfortunately ....42-40
Around the allstar break or maybe a little earlier, we had a topic on the old board where we were to predict our year end win total. I basically said atthe time, we were likely going to collapse down the stretch and end up with 42 0r 43 wins. Unfortunately, that came true and we missed the playoffs.
But, we needed to go through this andrealize who the players are that can produce andbe depended on for future seasons. We invariably learned some tough things about guys like Luscious Harris, Jmac, Z, and Jiri ...we know that Harris, Jmac, and Jiri simply aren't guyswe can depend on and win with. I think we saw in Z ..a 29 year old that is actually much much older physically. The operations on his feet robbed him of allhisfoot speed and on top of that ...his stamina and staying power over the course of along season.
He's simply not a max contract player or anythng close ...and it would be risky to saythe least, to bet on him with a long term high dollar contract when that money could likely be spent on something better. I just don't have much confidence that he will hold up. Such a large percentage of his games he's struggling with fatigue and can't muster the energy to play solid, hard basketball. A top player on your team with a large contract, simply can't be a player that erodes ..and dissapears for numerous stratches throughout a season. Nor can we continue to be terminally prone to pick and rolls for seasons to come, simply because Z can't move his feet fastenough to rotate... I think this spells the end of Z'sera in Cleveland. He showed alot coming back and playing after all those surgeries though ....i never thought he'd make it back asfar as he did.
Around the allstar break or maybe a little earlier, we had a topic on the old board where we were to predict our year end win total. I basically said atthe time, we were likely going to collapse down the stretch and end up with 42 0r 43 wins. Unfortunately, that came true and we missed the playoffs.
But, we needed to go through this andrealize who the players are that can produce andbe depended on for future seasons. We invariably learned some tough things about guys like Luscious Harris, Jmac, Z, and Jiri ...we know that Harris, Jmac, and Jiri simply aren't guyswe can depend on and win with. I think we saw in Z ..a 29 year old that is actually much much older physically. The operations on his feet robbed him of allhisfoot speed and on top of that ...his stamina and staying power over the course of along season.
He's simply not a max contract player or anythng close ...and it would be risky to saythe least, to bet on him with a long term high dollar contract when that money could likely be spent on something better. I just don't have much confidence that he will hold up. Such a large percentage of his games he's struggling with fatigue and can't muster the energy to play solid, hard basketball. A top player on your team with a large contract, simply can't be a player that erodes ..and dissapears for numerous stratches throughout a season. Nor can we continue to be terminally prone to pick and rolls for seasons to come, simply because Z can't move his feet fastenough to rotate... I think this spells the end of Z'sera in Cleveland. He showed alot coming back and playing after all those surgeries though ....i never thought he'd make it back asfar as he did.
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