Posted by BRIGGS:
That is SO wrong. the NBA draft ALWAYS has a huge impact on NBA championships
"there is NO way NO way that you are getting a franchise player unless you get them through free agency[which we cant because well never have the $$] or the draft."
Ah... let me see what teams built through trades???
Lakers- they got Kobe via trade
Dallas- Finley, Dirk, Nash, Lafraentz, NVE
Sacramento- C Webber and Bibby
Indiana- J O'neal and artest
Toronto- VC
Houston- Steve franchise
New Jersey- Kidd, richardson, deek
New Orleans- Mashburn
Atlanta- Big Dog, Shareef, Ratliff, Nazr
Miami- Zo, Brian grant, eddie jones
Phoenix- Marbury
Clippers- dre Miller, Brand
Portland- Wallace, wells, dale davis, stoud, derek anderson
bucks- allen, cassell, kukoc
when van gundy took NYK to the finals a few years ago.. we had spree, camby, and LJ who were aquired via trade
that's almost every team in the NBA, how can you say that teams don't aquire their franchise players through trade???
I know not all of the players i listed are franchise players, but many of them are top players on their team
[Edited by - killacross on 12/09/2002 17:24:35]