For an NBA franchise, there is no one-size-fits-all plan for success. If there was, every team would use it.
In case you hadn’t heard, there’s only one NBA champion per season.
With that said, most teams follow a conventional rebuilding cycle. The worst team in the league hopes to draft a star (or two) that attracts another star (or two) via free agency or trade. You put quality role players around those guys, and suddenly you’re contending.
Many would suggest that brokering a win-now trade before a team is ready is foolhardy. Generally, teams wait until their young players can produce a modest winning season on their own first.
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With that said, sometimes, running an NBA franchise requires some boldness. If one of the worst teams in the NBA wants to acquire a star player, what’s stopping them?
On that note, here’s a deal that sends Donovan Mitchell to the Orlando Magic.