07-21-2021, 07:56 PM
(07-21-2021, 10:06 AM)Branduil Wrote: Yes, and this is also another similarity with the previous Lakers... during the regular season McGee and Dwight could bang against other center and protect AD, and then in the playoffs they unleashed Center AD while the other 2 took a lessened but still important role. The key is to not get into a situation where you're paying too much money to guys who can get "played off the floor" and yet you're still forced to play them, i.e. KP and Gobert vs. the Clippers.
The last 2 champions were different from each other in that respect. The Lebron Lakers get the benefit of ring chasers that jump on board for less money to go to a destination city with a stacked roster.
As Giannis said, that's the "easy way" of the Super Teams.
The Bucks had to draft their star, stay with a core for 8 years working around Giannis & Middleton then 4 more years sticking with their guys like Brook Lopez, Pat Connaughton, Donte DiVincenzo.
Then they worked the traditional player acquisition system all within CAP constraints to add guys like Jrue Holiday, P.J. Tucker and Bobby Portis.
No cheap route for this last champion, they did it more the way the Mavericks did, building around a long term loyal star, the Dirk way!
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