I wasn't really putting your sources' credibility in question (I trust you're smart enough to check that yourself), just pointing out that just like they were wrong about the DeMar thing (and, just to be clear, the rumor you'd heard and posted about was that DeRozan was absolutely gone, whether he opted in or out, which certainly didn't happen). I really haven't heard anything about SA being too uptight in their demands, and it's pretty weird, because we
did hear reports saying exactly that last season, as a justification of why trades didn't go down. So, if the same scenario took place, and two years in a row no less, why is the only source on this an anonymous source to an anonymous poster on an Internet forum? Again, legitimate question, not an attack on your sources. Just weird to me.
The whole DeRozan thing just rubs me the wrong way. To me there were ne legit sources pointing this out it was just his sources reading the tea leaves of reports already put out. Like i said i'm not calling him a liar but i have a hunch that hsi source is a person who wanted DeRozan gone at all cost and just combined reading the tea leaves to come up with that premise. Fair or not when you come on a forum pea ing like you know a players is gone no matter what Nd then that doesn't happen then it looks pretty bad.
I was surprised when I read that article that you're mentioning for
timvp, because the direction of the franchise seems to be quite clear. Yes, they could've traded their "big" assets for picks or other prospects (technically, they still can, until the trade deadline at the seasons' start), but other than that, they've been pretty clear in the lining up of their signed contracts and moves. It's a clear strategy that they're banking on one last year of vet mentorship for the growth and development of their young players, and then "handing them the keys" in '21-22 whilst using the massive cap space to try and lure a FA that will compliment the core, or at worst, absorb bad contracts with picks attached and continue the process. I was perplexed that Tim didn't think this was a "strategy" whatsoever... You can like it or not, but it's far from a mystery, IMO.