jezzerinho wrote:pepe1991 wrote:Just want to point out how phenomenal Darius Garland has become. In last 4 games he dished 51 assist on 9 turnovers.
Cavs prove how simple rebuild can be if you add some practical logic into structure of a roster. Super versitale big + floor general = sucess.
On reciving end of their last W were OKC. Pratcital example how sitting on 60000 picks won't draft you Durant again.
With only SGA to show for, few flashes of GIddey their second best player is guy who they didn't even drafted ( Dort- undrafted). Bunch of fringe nba bodies show up every night.
Sam Presti's bag of tools turned to be... being very lucky in early 2000s with Durant... Since Durant left Presti and OKC are 6th year in a row either without playoffs, or losing in first round.
Basically rebuild via lottery in nutshell. Few get super lucky and draft Lebron, Luka, Durant. Most look like fools with bunch of Mo Bamba's, Culvers or Jah Okafor's of the world.
Fair point to a degree. But haven't the Cavs also rebuilt via the draft (Garland included)? Aren't you sort of disproving your own point?
Also, look at the crappy circumstances in which Garland was able to develop as a player, prior to this season. Crap Cavs team also drafting in the lottery a bunch of times, with a malcontent Love eating up their cap and wanting out, some really poor players in the roster and their rookies being played in high volume - something you claim is the typical set of circumstances that teaches rookies bad habits and stops them developing into good players.
I'm not sure you've proven your point or maybe actually proven the opposite this time...
They drafted Garland, Sexton, Okoro, and Mobley. They stole Allen and Lauri from teams who were trying to win now. Literally the strategy many on this board have been pushing for.