Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 3, 2021 7:20:55 GMT
What doesn't work is banking on winning the draft lottery and build your team around one guy with role players. You see teams try that and they always reach a certain level and then stop.
A franchise can get ownership that finally gives a damn. Or a franchise an luck into that one game changing player. From 1933 to 1971, the Pittsburgh Steelers were a laughingstock. Not only never a whiff of the playoffs but only four seasons of above .500 records. Finally a playoff in 1972 which was the start of a run of excellence. Same owner, Art Rooney, who bumbled through the years. They got the right coach, Chuck Noll, a couple outstanding drafts and suddenly became elite. Historically, the Brooklyn Dodgers really were "Bums" before 1941. Take the Chicago Bulls. Definition of a "meh" franchise until the 1984 Draft and some luck (if Portland didn't take Clyde Drexler the year before, they draft Jordan at #2, not Sam Bowie). The Patriots were nothing special until Brady. All of those franchises were viewed as losers. The Clippers, regular season successes aside, are still a bumbling franchise and always have been.
EDIT: I do think it's tougher in the NBA, a league rigged for the success of it's Super Teams. And i doubt the tiny marker Kings will ever be that