Bernman wrote:a. San Antonio won championships almost exclusively thru the draft. Oklahoma City is more than a 50-win team. They are a legit championship contender who just hasn't won yet, due to still being young, and lack of timing/injuries in part. Only one team can win it all. It's a select group who has. And most of the others like the Heat, Lakers, etc. built thru fa or players steering their way to big markets. We can't build that way. Our primary plan has to be multiple high picks, a lot of picks, and make smart decisions with them.
A lot of teams try to copy the Spurs. Being like the Spurs looks like a pipedream to me (as it is for most teams).
OKC and Cleveland (03-11) came close, but that's with Durant and LeBron. All time greats. And even that is not working.
Bernman wrote:b. I suggested some supplemental plans to try and aid the team in getting over the top. They were much more reliable. The Chris Paul plan isn't even worth talking about. There are players in the league who are virtually untradeable toward the top, and he's one of them. Your plan shouldn't be centered around him or it's going to lead to nowhere.
Boston (07-08) and Miami (11-13) had a plan and now Cleveland has. They brought some stars together, because they made them believe they could win a Championship. It all starts with a plan players can believe in. You need to have some pieces already and timing is crucial.
Boston had Rondo and Pierce and they recruited KG and Ray Allen exactly at the right time. It's the same with Miami and now with Cleveland.
The Bucks don't have the right pieces at the moment but they might have them in 2017 if Giannis and Jabari develop into 90% of what we are hoping for. And I think 2017 could be exactly the right year to go after Chris Paul:
The Clippers stay good but not great --> Believe in a ring with the Clippers fade away --> CP3 asks for a trade. Without his salary the Clippers can avoid luxury tax, so they will certainly think about it.
When a star asks for a trade, a lot of times it happens. And the star picks the location. Kevin Love was always going to Cleveland to play with LeBron and Irving.
So I don't think it's a pipedream te get CP3. Certainly not if Jason Kidd can make him believe he can win a ring with the Bucks because he's the single missing piece for succes.
Of course it's all about the development of Giannis and Jabari and the role of Sanders the next couple of years. If this is disappointing in any way, you'll stick with the ' normal' plan (plan C) and hope the 2015 and/or 2016 rookies will get you somewhere. And hope for succes in 2020 or later. But I don't have much faith in that and it takes far too long. So I want to focus on plan A first, with a backup plan to trade for another top 10 PG with at least 6 years of experience in 2017.
This plan means the Bucks need to have the right pieces and (expiring) salaries in February 2017 to make an offer the Clippers can't refuse. A top 5 pick in 2015 and a top 10 pick in 2016 can help if they show potential. So plan C goes along with my plan A.
But if it comes to trades an (re)signings I want to make sure it fits plan A. That's why I would concider resigning Knight for 10 or 12 mil per year,
but only for 2 years!
If you don't have a plan like this and live year by year (plan C) you will miss the opportunity when it arives. And then you stay in the ' wait and hope' mode for years.
