After watching the fluidity with which our offense flowed these last two games, I'm seriously wondering if we need any more "stars" to become legitimate contenders. Even Ty Lue mentioned the complexity of guarding a team with talented players and no focal point... AKA system basketball.
Looking back at the true basketball dynasties of recent memory, none were built on solely individual talent but were heavily hinged on systems producing shots. Looking back at the Lakers with the triangle and the Spurs and how they have always played well above their talent level... (by contrast we're talking about trading IT, imagine if our starting PG was Derek Fisher) Why is our blueprint for competing the Super Team model as opposed to the system model. Why can't we inject IT into Tuesday style of play, instead of having him be a ball dominant PG.
My dream offseason is to add Fultz, add a 2nd tier FA PF like JaMycal Green and sign back our major free agents and invest in the system instead of banking on pure star power.
It's unfortunate that Kawhi went down game 1 because I was pulling for the Spurs upset. But it begs the question, In this era, doea system ball even matter?