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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
So you re-build the team back to probably something that resembles what it is now - a good team that can't beat the super teams.
What's the point of that?
I agree the NBA is effed. No intrigue. No tension.
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No what I’m saying is burn it to the ground and acquire peices that can be the next wave of superstars. The sixers model has worked and as much as fans will hate it it’s the best way to build a contender in this age. If the raptors didn’t fluke into a good team like they did they could’ve had Ben Simmons, Embbid, Tatum or any of the other young studs in the NBA. They had the 8th pick 2 years ago and took a player who has little upside. The only way they emerge as a contender after this warrior/lebron era is by tanking and tanking hard in the near future. That’s the only way.
Sixers have a very good team now that is poised to make a splash in free agency, Celtics as well. Both teams got there with high draft picks. Celtics got their by trading their stars when they knew they had no chance to compete with lebron. If the raptors want to keep living in their facade they will keep missing out on drafting great young players. The bench was also a complete no-show vs the Cavs, I wouldn’t be tied to any of them and I don’t see any potential stars on the bench.
Raptors have never properly built a team, a lot of impatience and poor drafting that has seen them never become elite.