01-20-2026, 11:18 AM
(01-20-2026, 11:03 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: four titles and a dynasty run is awesome. Not many fanbases get that. The ending is always a little ugly. It just sucks because Steph is still really good. Them getting the fourth title was really icing on the cake. I don't think many thought they had another title in them.
It is crazy to think where they would be if they didn't blow two high lottery picks. Both guys they picked were top of their HS class. Neither worked out though. I don't know if it is people trying to protect themselves, but reporting recently seem to think others wanted to take someone else in those drafts.
Yes, those blown picks, especially Wiseman, were a killer for a smooth transition from the championship generation. Now they don't have any other option but to ride it out and then face probably a long and hard rebuild. I don't see them sacrificing their picks for a short term solution that is now, with Butler out, extremely far from any guarantee for a title. Unless they strike on someone like Giannis (with the Butler contract). Even then, it would be still hard to build around Steph-Giannis-Draymond with all the assets going for Giannis.