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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Which is the frustrating part.
How do you become a contender without a ready-to-contend core? You might as well fast forward 2.5 years to the inevitable rebuild.
It shouldn't take this long to decide whether or not to rebuild.
I look at the Raptors as an interesting comp. As a fringe playoff team that's battle tested, they could trade picks/prospects to add to the core and take another run at it. Instead, they appear to have acknowledged where they're at, will sell on some tradeable assets, and bottom out to build through the draft and their young talent. In the span of 2.5 years they'll have won it all, rebuilt, and very well have a ready-to-contend playoff team if they play their cards right.
Unlike the Raptors, the Flames are living in the 'one last run' approach through two roster cycles and it's incredibly painful to watch again.
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Except for this cycle it would be one first & last run
