They did us a favor. He’s getting older, has an injury history, is a documented ME FIRST player, hasn’t produced like he did in NY, and generally isn’t a likable team player.
Those with playoff expectations are gonna be sad to see him go elsewhere, but this is for the best. We knew that at some point, after all of the years of kicking dead money down the road to support Drew, the bill would come due. It has.
Our best play at this point, is to focus really intently on the guys you have, and on your PS, and try to find possible long term contributors that can be kept at value, and to start stockpiling draft picks. High priced free agents can buy you 3-4 years most of the time, but they put you into cap hell. I don’t feel like we’re in a rebuild, but we’re out of options, with the deadline passed, and so now we do the best with what we have.