all this free agent stuff and paying attention to which teams are elite each season should show how much this is a star's league.
all this speculation about avg teams and none of this ish really matters about goin deep into the playoffs unless you got perennial all stars and franchise type of players.
a team like new orleans if davis pans out or even charlotte if MKG becomes a great player are in better positions for longer term success if they get to pick high again next year and can draft a franchise type of player for the future.
id feel better hoping some duo like thomas robinson and demarcus cousins can become an unstoppable force and build around them than being stuck like a lot of these teams are about to be w/ these moves they are making. but i know they have to make moves to keep fans and their jobs
being able to land ppl like james, durant, rose, dwight etc and pay them cheaply for a few years and build a core around them and then keep them w/ bird rights >>>>>>>> all this overpaying good but not great players.

at paying hibbert and d12 the same thing.

at paying someone like westbrook 10 to 15mil over the course of a rookie contract vs paying joe johnson 100mil after his prime
