Lakers trade

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Originally Posted by Dahoss

And when you got the lottery balls you'd get the chance to overpay young, unproven players. In the grand scheme of things how many contracts are actually good investments...5% maybe?

They aren't as a whole, but the ones that are usually are younger guys under the rookie scale. Maybe it is just me, but give me young, unproven guys over proven guys that win nothing every single time.

As I said before, being mediocre in the NBA gets you nothing but more mediocrity. It has been going on for decades. Teams get good by spending on superstars (good ones) or getting lucky in the draft. You don't get lucking drafting 15th.