whysoserious wrote:[
Why does being crap mean you have chance at building yourself into a championship team and being mediocre doesn't? What's the difference. I hear this all the time around these parts and other teams boards. It takes more than just tanking and getting high picks and being crap for years to build a title contender.
There are three ways to add talent to a team, draft picks, free agents and trades. Nowhere is there a requirement to be crap to accomplish any of those things to continue to build a championship team.
Two key players for the Spurs were drafted after the 20th pick in the draft. We already have a 20/10 24 year old PF, a 23 year old center who is showing promise and a steady PG, again what's blowing it up going to do. There's no guarantee that just being crap and getting good young players' leads to the promised land.
Yes there's 3 ways to add talent to a team. Trades, free agents, and draft picks. But when you have a bunch of your guys on big deals, instead of rook deal but not enough talent on the team to even make the playoffs you take your self out of the equation significantly with all of them.
Free agents- With Bosh on a max deal. Calderon making $9 million or w/e. Bargnani making whatever he'll make. You pretty much take yourself out of the free agent market. Very hard to get under the cap in this case. Look at KG's years in Minny.
Draft-Yes it's possible to get guys mid 1st round, and in the 2nd round but it's a lot less likely.
Trades-If we don't have enough talent to even make the playoffs, then we don't have enough talent to make trades to improve to contender status. I mean, Bosh, Calderon, and Bargnani+Scrubs. That's not even close, you'de need like a couple trades that border on robery to fill that team in enough.
I mean it's definitly possible to do it, but normally teams build from the ground up. I think you'r just basing it on way too much luck this way. And this is all even if Bosh does re-sign which is a question mark in itself. If he doesn't then we're back in the lotto, and ddidn't even get young guys coming back for him.