03-18-2021, 02:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-18-2021, 02:35 PM by HanspardShowerVoice.)
MPJ looks like a future star if he can stay healthy. And they also drafted Malik Beasley that they had to let walk. And Evan Fournier. And Doug McBuckets. (They also traded the rights to Donovan Mitchell for Tyler Lydon and Trey Lyles. And traded the rights to Rudy Gobert for Erick Green ... you don't win them all).
Im not saying the Nuggets suck or that they have the wrong approach. They've been the best drafting team in the league on a pick by pick basis. They're one of the handful of Not Lakers competing in the West. I just think other leagues would reward the best drafting and development franchise in the league more than the NBA does/can. Especially since one of those players turned into a legit star. I'm just saying if the best case scenerio you can hope for by "growing your own food" approach is a perennial playoff team that never really contends, that's why Cuban and Donnie arent' really huge fans. I mean, there's the Thunder and Sixers Process, but that required multiple Top 5 lottery picks to pull off.
Im not saying the Nuggets suck or that they have the wrong approach. They've been the best drafting team in the league on a pick by pick basis. They're one of the handful of Not Lakers competing in the West. I just think other leagues would reward the best drafting and development franchise in the league more than the NBA does/can. Especially since one of those players turned into a legit star. I'm just saying if the best case scenerio you can hope for by "growing your own food" approach is a perennial playoff team that never really contends, that's why Cuban and Donnie arent' really huge fans. I mean, there's the Thunder and Sixers Process, but that required multiple Top 5 lottery picks to pull off.