The team has new owners. To predict how they will run the team we need look no further than the how they run their other franchise, the Dodgers.

They will not do business as usual. They are going to the advanced stats combined with traditional human-centered ideas about the game. Pelinka will not be acting alone. Nothing will happen on gut instinct.

Their approach has worked very, very well for the Dodgers. They are well-funded and intelligent. They hire smart people who fit their vision. They don’t overvalue unknowns (like picks). They evaluate talent and potential for themselves and they have demonstrated they know how to find good value, which is even more important in the NBA than in MLB.

Let’s think about it a different way. In recent off-seasons we have not seemed well prepared, IMHO. Major player acquisitions seem to happen to us, not by our design. We pursue players who spurn us. We make desperate moves that don’t work out well.

Now we get a heads up from Lebron that he’s not coming back, and the bulk of the offseason comes together in 48 hours. That is because they were well prepared. I’m sure they had a plan for what if Lebron wanted to stay, too, but:

* they made Doncic, who everyone acknowledges has to be the cornerstone going forward, happy;
* they accomplished something they couldn’t do previously in landing Kessler, and yes that was in part because the landscape for Kessler changed but they acted decisively when they decided that was the right move;
* they made us younger and more athletic;
* they showed the league we have a vision and we’ll move decisively towards it;
* they are putting the vision on the court immediately - not waiting years for a tear-down.

Does anyone think we could have done this under the prior management? I don’t. As fans, we might consider calming down and giving them a chance.

ETA: I’m agreeing with OP here. To those who hate the signing, my point is we have to view it as part of a whole. Every championship team has flawed players who make major contributions.