Is it luck or is it management skill?

The Spurs have been good for 20+ years--is it luck or management skill? They have lost David Robinson Tim Duncan and their still good?

The Patriots have a great QB--but a QB alone cannot make you that good--is it continual luck or management skills?

Even the Yankees--they used to have a business model of spend to win bt they also drafted great players and I think theyve done it again--luck or management skills?

In sports the only luck is when a lottery ball hits #1 every 7-10 years that a special player comes out--thats about as much luck as it is. The truth is management skills mean everything. Someone trying to tell you luck has anything to do with it is simply wrong or making excuses.

Nalod wrote:Heat were willing to suck to get picks. Willing to suck and let contracts expire to get cap space. Knicks were resistant to that concept thus unable to build properly. Heat willing to also take risks.
They have been run by one man and only two coaches. They built a culture as well an stuck to it.

Yep, What really hurts the Knicks is the fact they traded picks the years around Porzingis. Had they had those draft picks they would be much more further along. It was one of the reasons I thought trading Porzingis wasn't a bad idea. The best way to build through the draft is to get multiple picks in a short time span. If you can get 5 lottery picks in a span of 3 years you can get a core before you have to pay anyone. Keep your payroll flexible and if the young guys elevate their game you are a prime spot for FA's, you then use bird rights to go over the cap. I think Philly had it right and now can start to be more aggressive with a very solid core together.

EnySpree wrote:To comment on our Knicks.... we've always been media driven. We let the media tell us what to do. Ewing was alone but every time we got anybody decent "is there enough balls to go around?".... after Ewing we were in the hunt for a the next messiah/savior. The big draw, name on the marque. Never about basketball.

With Mills in his natural element and a true basketball guy in Perry in charge, we just have to wait and see. So far so good. We have a good opportunity here to build something long lasting.

I agree about Perry. I think maybe we have a shot of being decent. I'm ok with decent, as long as we avoid bad and awful!