jonattonyeah Thereās no superstar available via free agency. AD isnāt leaving the Lakers. Ingram is restricted. The rest are run of the mill (including VanVleet). I donāt see many being on the trading block either. Wiz will run it back with Beal and Wall again just to see if it works. Joel and Ben have a new coach who will want to give it a try. Giannis, maybe, but Iād put the Heat and the Warriors ahead of the Raps in assets and situation.
Thatās kind of my fear. I donāt know what the Raps are going to do because everyone that contributed to the championship win last year is up for contract renewals and thereās not much out there. I know theyāre chasing Giannis, and frankly I think Toronto would be a better place for him overall (thereās tonnes of Greeks living in Toronto) culturally and winning-wise, but I also know heās a very loyal player and heās openly stated he doesnāt want to leave Milwaukee.
I think the Raps had all of the right pieces this year, but in the bubble they just looked tired and half thereā¦ Like they more or less had won their championship already and were missing their families. Lowry said as much when they lost to the Celtics. If the season had continued uninterrupted I believe it would have been a bit of a different story, but coulda, shoulda, woulda isnāt going to get you anywhere in life or sports.
Personally Iād like to see them perhaps look to Europe and find someone whoās underrated by scouts here, or go after a younger player thatās really starting to shine like Jamal Murray.
I honestly think Van Vleet will be an allstar point guard at some point in his career. His numbers are going up each year and heās been pretty clutch at the right moments. Iām not sure it would be wise to deal him, but Iām not a GM. Itās hard to believe only a few years ago he was playing in the G League.
