Poe Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 If you are a General Manager, and you've got an average team on your hands with little to no foreseeable direction for the franchise. The way the team stands now, they don't appear like they will get much better or much worse for the next several years. Bottom line, is it better to build teams into contenders through the draft or free agency? BTW, I left out "both" as an option on purpose. I'm not giving a middle ground, cause a team that builds through free agency have late draft picks to choose, and teams that build through the draft have the MLE anyway. I'm asking which is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenIverson#1fan Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Definitely through Free agency. The players are experienced and know how to lead a team. Also, you would be able to sign superstars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reno Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Silly statement imo, but I would much rather build through draft. It just means so much more to the fans to have your core players grow and watch them develop into superstars on your team, rather than just buying prime players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 The draft imo. You can get what could be superstars for so much cheaper than FA.It's a risk to try and build through the draft but it would be so much worse to over pay a FA that doesn't end up playing well.Also, with FA you are likely to be stuck with a huge, long term contract... so if they don't deliver you are [expletive]ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 The draft. Sometimes you may get lucky like the Knicks and buy your star but the past champions have had their star drafted or atleast grown with the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDevil Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 it depends on the marketteams like the celtics, lakers can use free agency cuz they are marketable placeswhereas a team like the wolves or raps are pretty dependant on the draft or else end up grossly overpaying to have players come play there for me personally, id chose the draft because its usually cheaper and the player grows with the team, and i think its better for the fans that wayi also hate when teams just buy the players (yankees, lakers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted July 23, 2010 Owner Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Build teams through the draft, complete your team through free agency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWaLL Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 If you could only do one, the draft. You have young players with high ceilings who can learn to play with each other over a long period of time. Look at the Thunder, their future is more than promising. Signing one or 2 big name free agents doesn't guarantee anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wall2Wall Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 The last eight teams with the #1 overall pick have made the playoffs that following year. Enough said? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboveLegit Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Building your team through the draft is cheaper, puts you in a better position for the future financially, and lets your young studs' develop chemistry amongst eachother and lets them develop on their own rather than sharing the "star power". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beltramba9 Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 (edited) I think the best teams do it in both ways. It's good to build around young guys and add pieces through free agency. That's the way I would go if I was a GM. If I had to pick one way I would pick the draft. I wouldn't want to rely on convincing players to come join my team with all the other teams basically doing the same thing. If you have a team in the making through young talent and role players, it makes it a lot easier to add that last thing you need to become a elite team from free agency. Edited July 24, 2010 by beltramba9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Both, but take a look at the last 27 champions (since the '82-'83 Sixers): 26 of those 27 teams were led/co-led by superstar players that were DRAFTED by their teams (Lakers- Kobe/Magic, Bulls- MJ, Celtics- Pierce/Bird, Pistons- Isiah, Rockets- Hakeem, Spurs- Duncan, Heat- Wade). The only team that broke the mold was the '04 Pistons. Basically what that shows is that it is MUCH easier to grab a stud in the draft and build a championship team around him rather than try your luck with FA. The reason is because there are only a select number of true superstar talents in the NBA, and if they happen to test the FA waters, the chances of you actually landing that player are very slim (ask all the teams that failed to lure LBJ and Wade to town). But as RD said, you should build through the draft and patch up the rest via FA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Does Kobe count as being drafted by the Lake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Does Kobe count as being drafted by the Lake? I count it. Getting traded on draft day is essentially the same thing. Kobe is the guy the Lakers wanted in that draft and they made a move to get him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted July 24, 2010 Owner Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Does Kobe count as being drafted by the Lake?Sure. Charlotte was picking for the Lakers, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Fair enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 idk man wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownborn Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 It really depends on what kind of team you have. For example if you had a team like the Nets with really no superstars then you build through the draft, you could use a little of both but the draft is your main focus. You get you a couple of good draft picks and get you a couple of experienced vets that won't cost much but will produce through free agency, then see how your work progresses. But if you have a mediocre team with a superstar then thats when you go after a big free agent IMO alla Chicago Bulls Rose/Boozer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastley Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 (edited) Building a team through the draft IMO. You get to build around young talent that we'll be with you for some amount of years depending on certain things, which places you in a better position financially than building through free agency. Also building through draft helps you with the addition of adding free agents who will just fit into a certain role for much cheaper than spending huge amount of money on a free agent and not being able to spend a lot off other money on other free agents to build around. Edited July 26, 2010 by Beastley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 It really depends what players I currently have. If I just need a couple of pieces (eg. Nuggets) then I'd go for the FA. If I didn't have much other than a few good players (T'Wolves) then I'd probably concentrate building through the draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenIverson#1fan Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 The last eight teams with the #1 overall pick have made the playoffs that following year. Enough said?That's not what the Clippers would say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastley Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 That's not what the Clippers would say. Probably didn't count seeing as he was out all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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