Call me the great Wallenda of PBSL. I have always been teetering on a tightrope between different builds. Constantly trying to decide how to move forward. Do I lean more to he left and build around the young players I have? Do I edge towards the right and go on a full buy in with my older players? It is the great question that I am always contemplating.
My current dilemma is a quite perplexing one, much in this same regard. I had a build that was centered around Antoino Gates, Ebbe "Isadore" Clauer, Daniel Johnson among others. I felt pretty good about it, where I thought that my younger players, like Lew, could be complimentary to this core, then turn into the next core's center piece. However the build was making me contemplate - if not now, when? Well, I realized that it was never after the first sim of last season. So instead of waiting for Promises, Promises of a build that would top out at conference finals contenders maybe? I decided to pivot. I moved on from DJ and Cruce in the season, with Clauer in the offseason. I got back a solid PG option with Douglas to hold me over and two younger players in Dyson and Booger Smith. To be completely honest, once I saw Gary was making moves to be a winner now, I thought for sure I would have been in the company of wolves for the services of Booger Smith. However, we were able to get Booger "Switchblade" Smith's services for a still very good Clauer, and I hope Clauer and Gary have all sorts of conversations about the fatherland.
Dyson and Smith being added to the grouping of Lew and maybe Brittney Griner, who are all Adolescents in nature, had me thinking that Antonio Gates would be Tomorrow's food for a contender to come get. The Original deal I had in place, from the previous season fell apart. I think mostly because of the RFA restrictions that I think should be looked at heavily. I do not blame the GM at all, as his situation changed since we initially talked and I hope he does well with his plan. I think AG is now in a phase where some people may be afraid to trade for due to the 30 year old scare. To that I will say - to the Defiance of this idea, Nate wrote a article of the year contender on the topic. Showing that players that are close to or over 30 are not terrible players, and can still be very important players to a team. I think Gates is a great example of this, where his abilities will age well. He will be a top end PF for the next four to five years I think. With that being said, to all my friends and lovers out there, Gates is still very much available. I have had some talks with GMs, but am still not solid on any plans to move him, if I even decide to. I very well may keep him as he could be a good complimentary player to this core moving forward. So keep that in mind, if you are one of the thieves thinking they can steal Gates at a discount rate, it is not going to happen.
To close this presser out, I am content with where I am at in the flip of this roster, and think there is some interesting choices I need to make in the next 72hrs, and in the next few seasons. I am not really tied to any players, other then really liking Lew and Booger currently. With that all being said, I am now going to open the floor to you all to ask questions. Please know that I will not answer many questions on Gates, due to the fact that I have ongoing trade talks that I feel would cause collusion and I do not want to get fined.
Starting 5:
Douglas
Lew
Booger
AG
Griner
