This is a statement made out of pure ignorance. Please, support that claim with something approaching evidence.

The way I see it

But again, people aren’t pissed he left; they’re pissed that he glommed onto a juggernaut, destroyed one the 2 or 3 entertaining playoff possibilities next year, and made the sport less interesting.

It’s just not fun when there are fewer good teams. I cannot think of a time in NBA history when the odds of two teams making to the finals were better a couple weeks after the end of a previous season.

Yeah, none of that was remotely true.

Hey, if the Wizards and Raptors can sign LeBron, then I wouldn’t care so much.

The statement was badly phrased, but surely you don’t think it’s smart team building to give these guys this much money. Good on the players, fuck their billionaire owners, but if you want to win a championship, you can’t have DeRozan and Beal as max contract recipients on your team.

Health is the factor. He could chase them around a few years ago. Maybe he’ll never be able to again, but if you’re anticipating a return to form with health, it’s a good tandem.

It’s so dependent on health. Noah-Porzingis is a nice tandem defensively and offensively. In addition to keeping Porzingis from having to bang in certain circumstances, Noah can also guard stretch 4's leaving Porzingis around the rim where he looks like a promising rim protector. Very flexible duo - IF HEALTHY.

In the new salary cap environment, that’s not as bad as it sounds. When people start signing for insane amounts, that won’t seem like a crazy amount.

Okafor was terrible at everything except scoring in the post. He basically scored because no one else on that squad could.

That world was just awesome. It’s exactly what I imagined these games would be like when they were being conceptualized in the early 90's.

Sure. And the failure to understand the awesome statistical improbability of drafting one of those guys is the central failure of Hinkie. Shooting for one of those guys, fine, but there has to be a Plan B that involves development and switching assets.

Two of whom cannot play together, much less with one more player with suspect outside shooting. If Embid comes back, that’s just another one who is only compatible with, at most, one of the others (really, only Simmons).

Well, they got Love for two #1 picks, basically. LeBron came back because he was drafted there, left in horrible fashion, and is from the area. Also because they had Kyrie Irving, a #1 pick, and two more #1's to trade. Take away those assets and I bet you he doesn’t come back.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Hinkie’s idea was a good one, mostly because when you intentionally suck and consistently fail to develop players, you are not just hoping to win the lottery, but now you need a player who can excel even when surrounded by shit - a top 20 all timer as you say.

It remains to be seen whether those players are legitimate rotation pieces on playoff teams or just folks who are performing adequately in no pressure situations for a team that doesn’t care about winning.

Eh, kind of. Weird situation.

Ok?

I think the biggest failure of the Hinkie years was the awful way they developed players, and intentional tanking was a part of that.