The one thing this delayed signing has done is heightened raw nerves. Attitudes adopted at the negotiating table may not, as easily pivot to teamwork on the court. Especially when the player demands a starting position or sees himself as the star when we already have proven ones. For me I have gotten more and more irritated with JK, right or wrong. Last time I checked it's a team sport and JK seems to have forgotten that.
You wrote, "it’s hard to find areas where Kuminga was the team’s best option." That nailed it for me. I loved JK in the begnning but his enthusiam and joy seems to have been replaced with arrogance and demands. And although I know this is part posturing its leaving a bad taste.
I understand Dray, Jimmy and Steph wanting to sign him and get on with it. I find myself hoping to be rid of the drama. Similar to how I felt about Poole and later Klay at the end if their tenures here.
At the end of the day the team personality and glue matters to me. It's probably sacrilegious to say it but I would rather have a "team" that I can be proud of, that plays with "joy" than a collection of egos who might win, but I can't count on.
The glue that holds a team together, that spirit and ethos can be almost religious. One cannot serve 2 masters or cooks. Either Curry is still the chef or he isn't. For some who want to be him, its gotta be hard. My patience is wearing thin and even if JK signs, I am not sure how I will feel. If given the playing time he craves, he doesn't deliver or if he does, I eat crow and we move on. I just cannot envision him as a team leader as everything seems to be about him. That is not the same vibe as Steph, Dray, Jimmy or even Podz. JK does not "seem" to have the work ethic as those 4. Or GPII or Moody or just go down the roster. I guess its that entitlement without the patience and the work ethic. JK appears to be squandering the gifts he's been given.
For the Front Office this about far more than money. Prima donas do not a team make. At least we are on the home stretch...8 days to go.
The one thing this delayed signing has done is heightened raw nerves. Attitudes adopted at the negotiating table may not, as easily pivot to teamwork on the court. Especially when the player demands a starting position or sees himself as the star when we already have proven ones. For me I have gotten more and more irritated with JK, right or wrong. Last time I checked it's a team sport and JK seems to have forgotten that.
You wrote, "it’s hard to find areas where Kuminga was the team’s best option." That nailed it for me. I loved JK in the begnning but his enthusiam and joy seems to have been replaced with arrogance and demands. And although I know this is part posturing its leaving a bad taste.
I understand Dray, Jimmy and Steph wanting to sign him and get on with it. I find myself hoping to be rid of the drama. Similar to how I felt about Poole and later Klay at the end if their tenures here.
At the end of the day the team personality and glue matters to me. It's probably sacrilegious to say it but I would rather have a "team" that I can be proud of, that plays with "joy" than a collection of egos who might win, but I can't count on.
The glue that holds a team together, that spirit and ethos can be almost religious. One cannot serve 2 masters or cooks. Either Curry is still the chef or he isn't. For some who want to be him, its gotta be hard. My patience is wearing thin and even if JK signs, I am not sure how I will feel. If given the playing time he craves, he doesn't deliver or if he does, I eat crow and we move on. I just cannot envision him as a team leader as everything seems to be about him. That is not the same vibe as Steph, Dray, Jimmy or even Podz. JK does not "seem" to have the work ethic as those 4. Or GPII or Moody or just go down the roster. I guess its that entitlement without the patience and the work ethic. JK appears to be squandering the gifts he's been given.
For the Front Office this about far more than money. Prima donas do not a team make. At least we are on the home stretch...8 days to go.
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