carey wrote:Reddit thread on a speech Sarver gave to season ticket holders.
Every year Sarver gives a speech to season ticket holders sharing his thoughts on the team. I've been about as vocal as anyone on this sub in saying his attitude and personality have held the team back but I was impressed with his candor last night and I thought you guys would like to hear some of his thoughts. I was pretty surprised just how similar his views were to the majority of this sub.
-Started with Explanation of the CBA and how hard it will be for vets to move around and those restrictions to bird rights and similar are only going to be tougher after the Durant move. As one of the guys leading this charge in CBA negotiations, he would know.
-"it takes 3 all stars to contend" the goal is to get 3 all-stars, one team has 3 another has 4 we can't contend right now.
-no veteran free agents this summer.
-2020, Repeated several times that the timeline is to have the 3 stars and contend by 2020.
Views on current roster
-Bledsoe is close to being an all-star
-Booker will be an all star
-Chriss and bender could be all stars
-Ullis and Jones Jr are on really good deals for their talent
Recent moves
-PJ was told he was going to a playoff team a few days before to clear minutes, wanted to stay, did not ask to be traded.
-Tyson was given the option of going to a contender, or sitting out the rest of the year, asked to stay and sit. The Bulls did this to Brad Miller and Charles Oakley his rookie year for him and Curry so he thought it was a good idea.
Draft
-the Scouting department thinks this is the best draft since '03 (Lebron, wade, melo)
-Pick will be top 7. pretty conservative guess, right now it is slated as #3.
-didn't mention any prospect by name or position.
Interesting stuff, thanks Carey. It seems fairly reasonable from Sarver, although Bledsoe being nearly an All-Star is debatable at best (and also has unnerving similarities to the Knight "almost an all star in the east"). It's also far too early to make a call on Chriss or Bender.
But it is good that they seem to have a clear plan. Hopefully they stick to it and, of course, execute it properly.