Post by IamQuailman on Aug 26, 2014 16:37:32 GMT -6
GM Quailmen: Well, there's no fun in being pessimistic. Last season, we made moves to better our future than make an expensive and quick playoff exit. Had we kept Legler, we probably could've made a better run, but then we would have also been $3million over the cap and only have a first round exit to show for it. Instead, we got future cap relief moving Rony and Legler. This year we got deeper and more defensive.
On that note, we come to Finley/Russell trade. Finley was a great scorer, "alpha" if you will. However, this team (at the time) had Jalen Rose, another "alpha" scorer, and ANOTHER defensive liability. The plan would've been to bring Jalen off the bench for 36 minutes with Kittles and Russell starting. Then the Gugs trade presented itself to us. We got better in the post offensively and defensively, and then added a lockdown defender on the wing in the spot of Finley in Tharon Mayes. Bryon and Tharon may not be #1, #2, or even #3 options, but with Brandon and Gugliotta being the main scorers, we just need those two to do what they do.
Do we miss Finley? Absolutely, we would love to have him on the team, but his defensive liability (although he slightly improved defensively as well) is just not acceptable on a team that has always aspired for a defense-oriented team.