Posted by subzero0:

(In a recent post responding to yet another irresponsible post from GKF, I have again outlined my stance regarding the plan of an NBA team)

Yes, you seem to be having a hard time understanding GKF, so allow me to help you. I am going to put it in plain english and add tables and charts and do everything I can to make this as clear as possible. If you are smart you will actually think and look at the long term (yes even if its 5 years) instead of looking forward to just 2010.

Below I have posted the past championship teams along with the mvp down to the year 2000.

Championship Team MVP
Los Angeles Lakers --Kobe Bryant
Boston Celtics --Paul Pierce
San Antonio Spurs --Tony Parker
Miami Heat --Dwyane Wade
San Antonio Spurs --Tim Duncan
Detroit Pistons --Chauncey Billups
San Antonio Spurs --Tim Duncan
Los Angeles Lakers --Shaquille O'Neal
Los Angeles Lakers --Shaquille O'Neal
Los Angeles Lakers --Shaquille O'Neal

I would have gone on past that but I believe this is more than enough to prove my point. Do you see a pattern here GKF? Notice that every team below started by building with the draft and then added a superstar after they had their drafted star? Ok now lets stop, phew I know that is alot for you to take in. You should stop here and take a breath. When you believe your starting to understand then continue reading.

The only exception noted below is the Detroit Pistons and that only is because they were able to collect players who were extremely talented and did not demand that much money. I guarantee you 9 times out of 10 that wont happen. As a matter of fact if you look at the long list of nba champions in this era you will be hard pressed to find another team like that. Even then, the Pistons only won one championship. When you are ready then continue to read... but only when your ready!

Teams that are not able to hit that star in the draft, scrap everything and go back to do it again until they get their player. Then they go out and sign a big name player to go along with the player that they drafted and then they are ready to try to win a championship. Do you have that down GKF? Maybe you should print this post out and keep it on you at all times. You can refer to it every now and then when you need help understanding how to build a championship team.

I have no problems with with moving Isiah. I have no problems with moving Zach and Crawford. But I do have a problem with the strategy behind it. Mortgaging our future on free agency is the wrong way to go. The overpriced signing will keep us bobbing on water with all the other teams instead of surpassing them. Dude every other team is playing the free agency also. All we really will be doing is remaining on par with most of the other teams out there, thus resulting in us becoming perennial playoff losers, yea, just like the pacers. I sense you are starting to become confused again, dont worry I wont have you read much more.

Moving Zach and Crawford had to only be about getting picks not clearing cap space. We should only worry about clearing space when we have that drafted player and we are ready, we are not ready yet. So now instead of playing bad players and putting ourselves in a good position to draft a really good player we are going to get non-championship level talent in the free agency go to the playoffs and lose year in year out.

Instead of building a dynasty to win championships over a period of 5 years we are going to be playoff losers in 2 years. Good plan, right GKF.