2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[cjeter24]

 Good grief, man. They built a team that made the Finals and is the favorite to do so from the West next year as well if they retain CP3. No, they didn't hit on all of their draft picks. They're also handcuffed by a ruthlessly skinflint owner who makes GMing particularly challenging. I may have overspoken, but not by much. And I don't think there's much of an argument that the Mavs have done better. Ayton is a notch worse than Luka, but Luka is a generational player. It's like drafting Olajuwon over Jordan. Unless Ayton dynamically disappoints in his further development, he's going to be the best big in the league about two seasons from now.

I would argue that the Suns were a mediocre to bad front office that happened to have a few good players over years of being terrible. They managed to stumble into one star in 10 years. 
And then they made one fantastic move in trading for CP3. 

Was the Mavs front office a great front office because they made one trade to get one of the best players in the league? 
A broken clock is right twice a day is all I can say ha. 

It's a new front office for the Suns anyways with James Jones. We'll see how good they are now. They've been on the cusp. Now they have to find ways to improve and get over the hump. 

I definitely wouldn't say they are the favorite to make the finals out of the West. Lakers didn't have health on their side, and they'll have ways to improve. I'll be very surprised to see them not be the favorites. I would think there's a pretty good chance they are the favorites to win the title overall next year. Nets may be higher.