For my money, this team didn't have enough scoring to "gut out" the last five minutes of a playoff game with Butler. I see going to war with the current roster as a complete non option.
The problem is that the guys who could truly help were long-shots before Butler's injury, and now that his expiring contract is no longer attached to a usable player, they're complete pipe dreams. Any chance to acquire Anthony, Paul, Ellis or Martin is gone, so we should stop talking about them. No one seems to think Mark and Donnie have the slightest intention of breaking the bank for a non scorer like Iguodala, so we can pretty much eliminate him, too.
Who does that leave? The "pickings" get pretty damn "slim" after that...
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