King flipped Garnett for Madden NFL 18 Coins
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:06 amKing flipped Garnett for Thaddeus Young at the deadline and the Nets won 38 games before getting booted by the team that owned their draft pick, Atlanta.There's your five years of trying in vain to turn the worst team in the NBA into a champion.* * *Prokhorov demanded instant results.
King did everything he could to deliver that. So it goes. The price of failure was steep, and the bill will continually come due through 2018. King botched the Wallace deal completely -- we knew immediately that was a recipe for heartache -- and the trade with the Celtics will have its own wing in the Hall Of S--t You Should Never Do as An NBA GM.
The Williams trade was and is fully defensible. Most teams without a top point would have taken that bet, and the Johnson deal didn't end up costing Brooklyn much. But those other two deals doomed the Nets for the foreseeable future.As such, King isn't absolved of blame for the woeful state the Nets. Giving up Lillard and up to four lottery picks for Wallace, Garnett and Pierce in their states is inexcusable.
They were bad even in the perspective of going all-in for immediate improvement. But Prokhorov shoulders even more blame by setting such absurd expectations. His hyper-aggressive timeline forced King to ignore sustainability.A championship? The Nets might not win 25 games again until 2020. Let's hope Prokhorov has at least learned the lessons that the last five years have offered.SB Nation presents: Mikhail Prokhorov puts team through bizarre workoutThe Nets' championship vow isn't looking great -
Good morning. Let's basketball.SVG'S DETROIT REVOLUTION: Paul Flannery's Sunday Shootaround dives into the work Stan Van Gundy has done to make the Detroit Pistons look like a Stan Van Gundy team. It's working: the Pistons are well above .500 and playing solid inside-out ball. Paul talked to SVG and Reggie Jackson about what's working and what needs work.
King did everything he could to deliver that. So it goes. The price of failure was steep, and the bill will continually come due through 2018. King botched the Wallace deal completely -- we knew immediately that was a recipe for heartache -- and the trade with the Celtics will have its own wing in the Hall Of S--t You Should Never Do as An NBA GM.
The Williams trade was and is fully defensible. Most teams without a top point would have taken that bet, and the Johnson deal didn't end up costing Brooklyn much. But those other two deals doomed the Nets for the foreseeable future.As such, King isn't absolved of blame for the woeful state the Nets. Giving up Lillard and up to four lottery picks for Wallace, Garnett and Pierce in their states is inexcusable.
They were bad even in the perspective of going all-in for immediate improvement. But Prokhorov shoulders even more blame by setting such absurd expectations. His hyper-aggressive timeline forced King to ignore sustainability.A championship? The Nets might not win 25 games again until 2020. Let's hope Prokhorov has at least learned the lessons that the last five years have offered.SB Nation presents: Mikhail Prokhorov puts team through bizarre workoutThe Nets' championship vow isn't looking great -
Good morning. Let's basketball.SVG'S DETROIT REVOLUTION: Paul Flannery's Sunday Shootaround dives into the work Stan Van Gundy has done to make the Detroit Pistons look like a Stan Van Gundy team. It's working: the Pistons are well above .500 and playing solid inside-out ball. Paul talked to SVG and Reggie Jackson about what's working and what needs work.