Laimbeer wrote:Looking back a decade or so, a lot of champions were home grown. Getting lucky in the draft (Steph, Giannis), building a team (Spurs -though they got incredibly lucky getting Duncan), slick management (Raptors). Only the LeBron-Wade Heat and LeBron-AD Lakers fit the mould of superstars teaming up at a destination franchise.
The Heat drafted Wade though.
Essentially it all just boils down to luck.
Once you get lucky though, then it boils down to smart moves after that, however without that lucky lotto pick it's meaningless.