Betrayer

So glad someone else noticed this. I was so confused while watching this and listening to him talk.

They said they're going to do it quickly, but if James isn't just making up names and they're actually going after guys from Orlando and Milwaukee, then it probably doesn't get done until at least after the first round of the playoffs. Then that guy has to come in and decide if he wants to keep Monty and Gores, then conduct a replacements search, which means all those good replacement names will be gone.

If Giannis doesn't play a couple of these games, the Bucks could very well be headed home early.

I can only hope they're letting the players do their thing and seeing them off before the firings begin and then we don't even need to see those two take the podium.

Tell me that the NBA has gone soft without telling me the NBA has gone soft. These dudes would have been broken by week 2 in either of the Pistons championship eras.

I just hope it's PHX and LAL. GS can go in the next round so I don't have to watch Daymond choke anyone out.

It seems like Gores is the "fire you on a Friday" type of boss. He thinks he's running a more classy organization by not creating mid-season drama and apparently has a blind spot to the fact that doing nothing has created even more bad press and media attention. Basically, I suspect that even if he had made the decision already, he would wait until the end of the season. But who knows, maybe this is all wishful thinking and we're going to be stuck with these clowns for 5 more years.

They've already failed spectacularly. You don't fail any better than setting franchise, NBA, and even cross-sport records for losing. If they don't get fired now, they never will. And unfortunately, nobody can fire Gores. He'd have to choose to sell and that has little to do with success or failure at the sport itself.

Which is why it's silly to want them to fail. You aren't punishing anyone but us.

Sadly, when I read your intro line I thought this was going to be any one of Duren's offensive plays from the past 30 games.

I need to see him play 65 games for that max contract. He's not helping the case against him being injury prone and/or soft.

Where do Monty, Weaver, and Silas fall on that list?

I like how Omari has been calling this team and org out a lot lately Jaden hit a lot of threes. Coach still ripped him after the game for his turnovers and shot selection. One of those two will be gone this offseason for sure. They can’t coexist. Jalen did another Drummond impression all game. All you had to see was that play at the 10 minute mark in the first quarter. Messy dribble drive into a bad contested shot that leads to a fast break by Memphis that Duren didn’t get back fast enough to contest. If that doesn’t say Dre, I don’t know what does. Of course he continued to do that stuff all game, so it didn’t end there. Malachi who? Along with the Sasser hype train, I think we can officially get back off the “Wiseman is improving” train as well. Honestly, without Cade both of the bigs are looking suspect.

I agree, there is still potential there and I also agree that it just may not happen here. However I think there are also two more questions to ask: Even if they develop a bit more, do they fit? If these guys were superstars I wouldn't care about fit, but it's clear to me that they aren't and so they need to fit next to your franchise player. We need someone who can shoot and defend better than Ivey next to Cade. We also need a Center who can either space the court or defend, and Duren does neither well. You especially need him to space the court if you plan to develop Ausar. Sure, you could play Ivey as sixth man and maybe Duren shares minutes with a spacer or comes off the bench, but that gets to my next point... We don't have a lot of other assets. @Deleterious asked what we could get for these players individually, and I don't know the answer to that, but I think you have to find out because we really don't have many other assets that can be packaged to improve this team. It's not that I dislike J&J and wouldn't want to see them on my team in some capacity. It's simply that they're both young and still have "potential", which is one of the few things you can sell to improve this roster. That clock is ticking though, so you'd have to do it this offseason. In regards to whether or not this franchise is capable, I doubt it. That's why you need to clean house (GM and Coach both).

Feel sorry for the player and the team...but watching Stephen A Smith nearly cry over this was definitely a guilty pleasure.