We're still better off that we would've been. We're still good cap-wise, no contract issues to worry about. We have all of OUR picks coming up, plus a boatload of seconds, and all those protected 1's become 2nds (doug collins LMAO). And in 2017 that heat pick is unprotected.

Iggy was going to opt out and want a new deal. Jrue was the only young player we had who could be considered top 15 at his position. We had a huge question mark with the loon bynum and a bunch of 6th man and 7th man dudes.

We traded Thad, ET, and Hawes. People wen ape-shit. Thad is doing thad things on a worse minny team. Not his fault, but he isn't a difference maker and he's going to opt out and want a new deal. Hawes and turner are just guys on other teams. It needed to be blown up and rebuilt. We were a perpetual 33-38 win team.

Maybe we should've kept and played vuce and harkless. Maybe we should've had some balls and drafted boogie. Maybe we get the 8th seed while all of the big three developed malaria. Or we luck into the bron/gilbert draft special. A lot of hope and wishes.

I'm good with a plan like this. If it doesn't work, fuck it. It's not like they misled us.

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Same as it ever was!