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I’m not sure how long a rebuild really takes. It’s not like the NFL where your draft position is locked in. There’s been teams trying to build and rebuild forever. Look at the Knicks, Kings, Magic etc.

But you also consider teams rarely ever win a championship when drafting a player #1 overall. I forget the exact stat, but that basically never happens. There’s a lot of factors that go into rebuilding and rebuilding itself is subject to different definitions.
 

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If management knows what they are doing, they should have the team in the playoffs within 3 to 4 years. Teams like the Knicks and Kings are terribly managed thats why they continuously suck.
 

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If management knows what they are doing, they should have the team in the playoffs within 3 to 4 years. Teams like the Knicks and Kings are terribly managed thats why they continuously suck.

Playoffs in 3 to 4 years is very reasonable. But then people will get tired of getting bounced in the playoffs after a while and want to blow it up. It’s a funny cycle that goes on.
 

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Playoffs in 3 to 4 years is very reasonable. But then people will get tired of getting bounced in the playoffs after a while and want to blow it up. It’s a funny cycle that goes on.
Ironically being a consistent playoff team, but not a contender, is probably the worst place to be in a sport.
 

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It’s been mostly most of the league actually.
 

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It’s been mostly most of the league actually.

Considering the Warriors+LeBron cockblocking everyone in the East(including notably Indiana,Toronto,Atlanta,the Bulls, Celtics), yea pretty much.
 

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Considering the Warriors+LeBron cockblocking everyone in the East(including notably Indiana,Toronto,Atlanta,the Bulls, Celtics), yea pretty much.

If we’re talking title winners since the 04-05 season it’s more than just LeBron and dubs cock blocking. How many different teams have won a title in that time? 5ish? Maybe 6?
 

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Every time it's mentioned that Jordan Bell was drafted by us and sold to the Warriors for cash my balls hurt.
 

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If we’re talking title winners since the 04-05 season it’s more than just LeBron and dubs cock blocking. How many different teams have won a title in that time? 5ish? Maybe 6?

Heat,Spurs, Warriors, Cavs, Mavs,Lakers,Celtics
 

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Forgot about the Mavs and Celtics somehow. But yeah, you need at least 1 top 10 player if not multiple.

Last team that didn't have one was probably the 04 Pistons.
 

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In today's league, you need at least two all-stars to be a championship team.

The last team that did it with one was that Mavs team that beat the Heat somehow.
 

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The last team that did it with one was that Mavs team that beat the Heat somehow.

-Dirk was on a god tier play wise
-Mavs role players could not miss from 3
-LeBron choked

That was one of the greatest playoff runs ever.
 

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1st team: Rudy Gobert, Anthony Davis, Victor Oladipo, Jrue Holiday and Robert Covington

2nd team: Joel Embiid, Draymond Green, Al Horford, Dejounte Murray and Jimmy Butler
 

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Yawn. I'll continue my boycott of the NBA Finals.
 

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Yawn is exactly my thought about the same Finals four years in a row.

Warriors in 3.
 

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Dubs is 6.

Warriors are on another level as a team so i don't expect them to ever be in trouble. Totally pointless season. Hopefully with Kyrie and Hayward back next season we atleast get to see Boston get crushed by GS.
 

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Dubs is 6.

Warriors are on another level as a team so i don't expect them to ever be in trouble. Totally pointless season. Hopefully with Kyrie and Hayward back next season we atleast get to see Boston get crushed by GS.

If Kyrie and Hayward and the rest of Boston are healthy Boston could definitely beat them. GS gets in these lulls and the playoffs and would have lost of CP3 were healthy. Granted, Iggy was out too but GS were well on their way to a choke job before Paul went down.
 

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