You can come up with ANY EXCUSE or rationalization you want for not signing or drafting a starting guard this year ....
and it DOESN'T FREAKING MATTER. The FO knew we needed a guard. it set starting guard as a priority. And, it didn't sign a guard in free agency and it didn't draft a guard. So, as a result, we don't have a real starting guard on our roster.
Make up whatever excuse, rationalization, reason you want. The bottom line is, we don't have one and it's the FO's fault.