NBA championships come from superstars. Look at the winners year-by-year. Since 1980, the 2004 Pistons are probably the only team without a true superstar - built with just a bunch of really good players. If you can't draft them at the top of the lottery or sign them, you have to take fliers on high-upside kids and hope something works out. Sometimes it does.
You gotta fill in the rest of the slots, too, but why draft a Scoochie when you can sign him later?
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