Jazzfan12 wrote:Pistons: Massively lucky in free agency
Suns: Lucky in free agency
Bulls: Won the #1 pick
Mavs: Team is based around a guy they got from tanking
The Jazz are never majorly involved in free agency and the other two teams built from draft success and that generally takes tanking. I don't think those are good examples.
If we had won the title with Boozer and Okur (and we weren't too far from that), I guess you could say we were once majorly involved in free agency (you could even say we got lucky - but hey, luck is an important factor in every winning team, if you think about it).
You say that draft success generally requires tanking. The word generally means there probably are exceptions. My point is exactly that.
Either way, this discussion is highly subjective, and I wouldn't like to continue (I respect your opinions). But I still think we got what we needed in previous drafts (Kanter, Favors, Hayward, Burks), and we can move on to the next step of the rebuilding process. I don't want us to stay at the bottom like the Bobcats or Sacramento - their constant tanking never seems to get them to the next level.