I have a life, several actually, outside of DBB.

I am working on a business deal which has turned complicated in the last 2-3 days and was on a plane yesterday cross country.

So…let me cut to the chase-executive summary

1) We’re clearly in tank mode. I love watching Dumars spin this as something else, he’s a master at that, but he’s fooling no one here. I’m fine with this and you should be too. This means…
2) We should get a quality big in the draft
3) Our problems being competitive are generally related to being undersized, and lack of quality bigs.
4) Ignore what Dumars is spinning in the media, when he says that Tay and Stuckey are “assets” just mentally insert “trade” before it. Kind of like that famous Twilight Zone episode about the space aliens who come to “serve man”. Although….I don’t mind Stuckey that much, you can argue both are playing to their contracts.
4a) Tay makes a lot more sense playing on a contender, and I believe that will happen eventually. JJ is clearly more effective at the 3.
4b) Clipper blogger Kevin Arnovitz suggested the Clips trade Jordan for CV31 straight up. While CV31 would be a much better fit on the Clips than the Pistons, and the same with Jordan, and there is a certain logic to the deal, that deal is just an outright hijacking at first glance. At second glance too. It’s not a realistic trade, it’s more a Pistons fan would come up with rather than a respected blogger like Arnovitz.
5) What I’ve seen from Gores so far is that he will be a competent owner. Actually, more than competent.
6) I will continue to defend Joe Dumars. Matt Millen he isn’t. The one mistake he did make was starting the rebuilding process when it was clear that Mr. D’s health was failing and he wouldn’t have the managerial control he thought he had. I say this because if an outsider like myself knows Karen Davidison is, and acts like a fourth wife, and her henchman Alan Ostfield is a tool, and an incompetent one at that, he knows he’s screwed for the time being. So…we went from reloading to rebuilding.
7) Too early to tell about Brandon Knight. Again, let me point out that he more or less went straight to the NBA from college, there was no Summer League, there was no preseason to speak of (and the journos should be ashamed of themselves for pimping two exhibition games as a “preseason”), but early indications are favorable. His numbers would be better if his teammates would make shots after he passes them the ball, but he’s no Ricky Rubio…at least yet.
8) So…your core going into 2012-13 will be
Moose
Knight/Stuckey/BB (not the worst backcourt rotation)
quality rookie big
JJ

Adding the quality big will allow Monroe to play the 4, JJ the 3 which are their natural positions. Also, Singler will probably be with us next year as the backup 3. His playing in Spain is a huge win/win for both him and us. He has more smarts than ability, but he should develop into at least a back of the rotation player in the NBA.

This should be a 35-37 win team next year with many players heading into their primes. Getting to .500 or better the following year shouldn’t be that big a challenge. BK’s development is key, of course, but it’s better than a coinflip right he will develop into an above average NBA PG. He is lacking maturity and experience, but a lot of intangible things I’ve liked so far watching him play. He can also hit the NBA 3, and his shooting will only improve, and he will have more success driving the lane as his body matures.

I think Dan Dresden thought we could get Ibaka from OKC…he’s way outperformed his contract so far, but he’s signed until 2014. Your FA bigs for this summer look like (at least the palatable and signable ones for me) Asik (RFA), Bass and Mahinmi, and only the first two really are appealing to me. I really like Bass’ game, but maybe Asik compliments Moose better.

OK, everyone happy now? I gotta get back to work.