bigskydoc
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kearly":2z9tv2tj said:On the flipside, I don't know if Pope is talented enough to make it in this league on talent alone. He's the kind of guy that needs the right team and the right fit, and Seattle was that team. So it's a bit of a lose-lose for both Collins and Pope IMO. Collins would be better elsewhere, and Pope would be better here than in New York.
If what you say is true (it mirrors my opinion of the situation), then there is a very good chance the Pope is back with the Hawks before year's end, and we get the opportunity to complete the Prosise/ Collins/ Pope evaluation which, if we are honest, is more about the 2017-18 season than this one.
I think we have to give an incomplete grade for the pre-season to this position evaluation. The best way to finish the evaluation is to keep Prosise and Collins on the roster and let Pope go to another team or the PS. It's a gamble that Pope won't catch on long-term with another team. Collins and Prosise are much more likely to get long-term contracts with another team so we have to keep them on the roster.
If we wanted to complete the evaluation of the trio then it was Collins and Procise that had to be kept on the roster while gambling that Pope would be a available again in the future.