What would have happened if we kept Stephen Silas?

DJ · Mar 4, 2024

If we kept Silas, we probably would have Harden instead of VanVleet. I think Silas would have played Cam Whitmore more earlier in the season. I don't think we would have been significantly better or worse with Silas.

mfastx · Mar 4, 2024

Prob would have won about 5-8 less games and Sengun prob would have been featured less.

Imanimal · Mar 4, 2024

Mathloom said: ↑

We finished 27th in the NBA last season overall. Let's say we kept Silas and we signed and lost the players we did this summer (FVV, Brooks, KPJ, etc.) and let's say Stone allowed upgrades to the assistants, stayed out of practices and insisted that the team win as much as possible while locking in Sengun/Jabari/Green as starters.

Try to understand that the team was forcing losses the past 2 years by not taking any action towards winning and at times even taking actions that would increase losses. The vets we kept out, the minutes we gave to young guys, Stone controlling practices, KPJ allowed to pretend like he's Tyrese Haliburton. If we had even signed 3 good locker room vets to the minimum, we would have had a better roster.

How many spots could we move up from 27th if Silas was given these things? Probably 24th? 23rd?

I ask this because right now we're 22nd in the NBA and that was shocking to my eyes. I don't usually look at league-wide standings regardless of conference. I thought we were better than that. We're a top 8 defense. What's going on here?
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Please see Detroit for your answer.

Mathloom · Mar 4, 2024

Imanimal said: ↑

Please see Detroit for your answer.
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With all due respect I don’t think this discussion would be relevant to you because you didn’t believe we were tanking last season. You thought we were trying to win.

In any case we don’t have to compare to a worse team like Detroit because we know Silas finished 27th. Like I said there’s no chance you add FVV, Brooks and Green and not win a single extra game no matter how incompetent Silas is. So if we’re to climb one or two spots, then we would have been almost as good as this seasons Rockets.

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