With the right moves, I think next season is promising. Let’s see who we have right now.
Bledsoe/Lonzo/BI/Zion/Adams
Kira/NAW/Hart/Naji/Hayes/Hernangomez
What gets me excited about this group is the bench. Naji looks a big time steal.NAW looks every bit like a rotational guy with the ability to get better and carry some games here and there. Hayes is jamming right now (and we know his upside) and we already know Hart can be a big factor on some nights. Let’s say we replace Bledsoe with a good bench piece or starter depending on how we see NAW. Maybe we package Adams and Bled with picks/talent to acquire a star/starter. We re-sign Lonzo and Hart (or find a solid player to package Lonzo for), and the personnel we have improve their 3 ball.
It’s all very dependent on how the guys improve in the offseason, but the foundation is there. It isn’t hopeless by any means. The question is always- how many more missteps will we take? We can’t afford another miss or two. We are about to find how shrewd/dumb our front office is. I like Adams, but expecting him to fit with Zion was quite simply a foolish dream. To add insult to injury, we caved to OKC and moved Hill instead of Bled. We can’t make any more of those errors.