Lionizing Detroit is fine and all, but posters have to recognize it's easy to do it *now* given that 7 years of finishing ~7th is behind them (?).
Part of the problem with the rebuild/tank posture is that we tend to assess it when it's of interest to us. So yeah Detroit looks poised now and that's attractive, but how about we dial it back 7 years and ask posters to sit through 560+ games of 7th place finishes first? Not so attractive then. And I'd wager plenty on here would crack by season 3 or 4 and want to start splashing some cash.
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