The Young acquisition feels like the ultimate half-measure: Ujiri and his front office didn’t sit on their hands and allow the roster to fend for itself, but they also didn’t use the full power of Goran Dragic’s expiring deal and a first-round pick to get the best player possible to help this team now. Instead, they opted to ask for a second-round pick, which originally belonged to the Pistons, back from the Spurs. That mitigated the loss of their future assets, but surely mitigated the present return, as well. “I think the development of these players tells us that there’s growth, and we want to win,” Ujiri said. “And who are we to stop them from doing that? You put them in the situation to play, and whatever position they find themselves in, they’re competing at the highest level, which is … (hanging with) all these great teams they compete against. That’s what we want to do.”
