Knightro wrote:Skybox wrote:Guys join teams not "destinations"...Nobody is going to BRK for the weather or the taxes, they're going to play with KD, Kyrie, Harden. LA too...why have the Lakers always been a destination and the Clips not under consideration (even in the same building)?
Miami is beautiful and sunny but Pat Riley and Jimmy Butler are the draw (or Dwayne Wade or Mourning...). Nobody flocked to MIA to play with Rony Seikaly.
You're missing the point with this though. Role players choose teams, certainly. But star players are the only ones that matter and for the most part those guys choose to play in the major markets - LA, New York, Miami - knowing that other stars can force their way out and role players will gladly follow.
Durant and Irving chose to sign with Brooklyn. LeBron chose to sign with LAL. Leonard chose to sign with LAC.
Then once those teams did that guys like Harden and Davis and George more or less held all the leverage on their existing teams and were able to force their way to join their buddies in the big markets.
Sounds hopeless then. We better pray that Anfernee Simons & Nasir Little become superstars and want to come home like Lebron and Kawhi did (and Derozan wanted to). It’s more than role players jumping (see LBJ & Bosh). MIAs big 3 had nothing to do with tanking. We are in sunny, tax free FL…why are we acting like we are in OKC or MIN? There are examples of every scenario working and not working. I don’t think sucking on purpose for more than a year works. You shouldn’t be drafting in the top 6 for years like it’s some secret genius plan. That’s how you become a farm team…I wonder how long a legit young star like SGA will be ok with getting rested by mid season for the next Poku, Giddy, etc (nice but not champs)…how about packaging those picks for a guy(s) who can win with SGA now? Let some other sucker try to spin the “3D chess” “Process” BS to their ownership and fan base (until they’re ultimately fired.
