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On Nico's big vision: I understand the fear of not wanting to end up like New Orleans, where basketball and trade values of Zion are way below what they were before his weight and injuries dominated his story. And I understand the logic of how Davis is supposed to fit here. But on a whole, how often has Nico's team building approach really paid off from a business perspective? Were the Clippers or Nets better off after acquiring some just beyond their prime all stars for a superteam? Is the bottom line better for Denver and Milwaukee after building around homegrown stars with shortcomings? Was Boston better off bringing in Kyrie and Hayward or building around Brown and Tatum? To me this approach is nuts. It's rare to pull in a collection of stars this way, and when you do, you have a very limited window to hope it all clicks before you have to try again, and you get very little buy in and good will from fans. Maybe none of that is as important if your goal is to get fans hooked on gambling.