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Update: MKG Out 6 months with Reported Torn Labrum

TylerDurden

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MKG is out 6 months per Woj.

Well I guess debating if Batum can play 2 is pretty worthless now since he'll be the 3 for a lot of the year. Lamb will probably take his starting spot and it will give us more shooting, if you're trying to look for positives. MKG was really smart to take that extension, in hindsight.

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Season's off to a great start lol... 

Also, local radio here in Raleigh was saying "he should be back in time for the playoffs..." 

 

No. 

That is a horrible idea.  I'm also worried about his shooting coming back off this injury, so imo, may as well let him sit the season out, rehab, and come back next season.   If we make the playoffs, which I think we will (I'm projecting 4 or 5 seed), I don't want to mess with whatever chemistry we will develop by the time MKG would be ready to come back. 

Also, I was finally starting to come around to MKG after years of ripping him...  But these injuries are ultimately negating any progress he has made developmentally because he can't even make it to the floor.  I liked the extension when we signed him to it, but this automatically makes it a bad deal. 

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What should happen:

Trade Al, Batum to a contender at the deadline. Get some good assets. Go for the youth movement. Lamb should see a lot of minutes. Decide if he has a future on this team as a shooting guard. If not, deal him as he's also expiring.

What will happen:

They will try their darndest to sign Batum to an extension because they sold the farm for him. They won't have the depth or defense to get to the playoffs. They will wind up picking 9th. Al probably gets re-signed. Clifford probably gets fired a la Fox getting blamed for all the problems with the 2010 Panthers. 

Rinse. Wash. Repeat.

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What should happen:

Trade Al, Batum to a contender at the deadline. Get some good assets. Go for the youth movement. Lamb should see a lot of minutes. Decide if he has a future on this team as a shooting guard. If not, deal him as he's also expiring.

What will happen:

They will try their darndest to sign Batum to an extension because they sold the farm for him. They won't have the depth or defense to get to the playoffs. They will wind up picking 9th. Al probably gets re-signed. Clifford probably gets fired a la Fox getting blamed for all the problems with the 2010 Panthers. 

Rinse. Wash. Repeat.

Basically.  This team wasn't going to be very good anyway. 6th seed in the East at best maybe?  Blow it up this year, or keep striving for mediocrity. 

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What should happen:

Trade Al, Batum to a contender at the deadline. Get some good assets. Go for the youth movement. Lamb should see a lot of minutes. Decide if he has a future on this team as a shooting guard. If not, deal him as he's also expiring.

What will happen:

They will try their darndest to sign Batum to an extension because they sold the farm for him. They won't have the depth or defense to get to the playoffs. They will wind up picking 9th. Al probably gets re-signed. Clifford probably gets fired a la Fox getting blamed for all the problems with the 2010 Panthers. 

Rinse. Wash. Repeat.

 

Basically.  This team wasn't going to be very good anyway. 6th seed in the East at best maybe?  Blow it up this year, or keep striving for mediocrity. 

I don't see it that way guys.  Even without MKG, I think this team is a 4 or 5 seed as is.  Our biggest problem since this second incarnation of charlotte pro basketball has been lack of outside shooting.  It has been the one consistent every season since our inception.  We finally have that, and it will make a huge difference. 

And despite my protests, Frank appears to be a great pick. 

The piece I agree with you on CB, is dealing Al.  While offensively I feel he fits well by giving us a legitimate 4-out look, he is a walking minus due to defensive limitations (read: absolute inability to play defense).  For the long term, he has to be moved.  He is not a franchise player, and I certainly hope our FO doesn't make the mistake of thinking he is and re-sign him. 

Imo, we have enough young pieces that trading Al for more assets, be it picks or players, would only make us better, not worse. 

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We might have it worse out of all fanbases.

There's no "might" about it. In terms of luck, management, and success you'd be hard pressed to find a worse option.

The thing is, even when they get it right, it somehow turns out the worst way possible.

Tank for Davis? Finish 2nd to the franchise stolen away from you in the first place. Oh, and Davis is the only franchise player worth having in the draft.

Sign Lance Stephenson to a steal of a deal? He somehow forgets how to play basketball. 

Draft BPA in Vonleh and PJ? Vonleh looks like he's never played basketball before and PJ punches a high schooler a week after we draft him.

Sign MKG to a reasonable extension? He gets hurt in the first preseason game.

Mind you, this is just in the last 3 or 4 seasons! Just think of the possibilities if you go back to 2004, or 1988, even!

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MKG is my favorite pro athlete and he was primed for a breakout season. This sucks. 

Michael Jordan missed 60+ games his 2nd season with a broken ankle, so it's not the end of the world and I'm sure he'll mentor MKG through this season. 

MKG has the highest motor in not only the NBA but probably all pro sports. He'll be back. He just turned 22 last week. 

On the negative side, our record with vs without MKG is downright staggering. He might literally be the most impactful player (to his team) in the entire league. Blow it up. 

Unless Steph refuses an extension in GS in the next 18-24 months (unlikely) and MJ can pull the sports miracle of the Millennium out of his ass and lure Steph home (0.01%), we are gonna suck for the foreseeable future. 

Basketball is hands down my favorite sport, I love the game. But the NBA is easily my least favorite league to follow and watch. It's so screwed up it's not even worth watching. 20-25 franchises are always stuck hopeless with no realistic chance of being a contender. It's the same 4-5 teams/players for decades at a time. They might as well skip the regular season and just start with the conference finals. 

this entire post is ridiculous.

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