A thread like this shines some light on just how difficult it is to build a winner in the NBA.
There seems to be a consensus that you need a 'superstar' to win, and rightfully so. But the list of those guys who are available, or may become available in the future, are often either flawed, a bad fit or simply unattainable for a myriad of reasons. So naturally, people turn towards the draft as the solution to the superstar problem... which opens up a long list of risks associated with getting 'bad' enough to draft in the top 3 in any given year. And even when you get one of those top 20 type guys (Love, Melo, Horford, Lopez, Rondo), things can easily be derailed by a poor supporting cast or a string of injuries.... and then they end up on lists like this.
There seems to be a consensus that you need a 'superstar' to win, and rightfully so. But the list of those guys who are available, or may become available in the future, are often either flawed, a bad fit or simply unattainable for a myriad of reasons. So naturally, people turn towards the draft as the solution to the superstar problem... which opens up a long list of risks associated with getting 'bad' enough to draft in the top 3 in any given year. And even when you get one of those top 20 type guys (Love, Melo, Horford, Lopez, Rondo), things can easily be derailed by a poor supporting cast or a string of injuries.... and then they end up on lists like this.
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