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Originally Posted by fleury
It's a different perspective and it does bring something to think about, but in the NBA where if you have a star player, you're guaranteed to make the playoffs with a half decent supporting cast. However, despite still having a decent supporting cast SA didn't make the playoffs, and that's not an elite player to me. Semantics I know, but SA on paper despite being old is still a good enough team and with Kawhi they should've been able to get there.
As for the Raps, despite the point you bring up to go all in this year, there is a business aspect to pro sports. As an owner (Rogers), I'm sure they'd rather go 3 rounds for two years (continuing the status quo), than 4 rounds the first year and none for the second year (going all in for Leonard).
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I think if I'm MLSE you simply have to buy into the 'all-in' and ensuing scorched earth rebuild if you're being realistic about winning in today's NBA. There are currently 3-4 teams, with really 1, that has a chance to win a title. For everyone else, unless you drafted a generational talent and can coax his buddies to come play with him during free agency, it's a total crapshoot. Hell, even GS before Durant and now Cousins, that's a core that was built through the draft.
For the Raps, I actually feel that the scorched earth and being bad for a couple of seasons path is less painful than the slow death of mediocrity for the remaining pieces of this roster. Likely too much talent on the roster even after DD and Lowry move on to be a lottery team, and that means less chance of drafting a franchise player to kick this thing back into gear. So, perhaps 1-3 seasons of really tough basketball, but IMO a shorter window of suffering than the alternative.