What is it with the “whale hunting” obsession?
I’m asking because I’m curious as to why most of the fanbase (at least here) is always looking to land “the big catch”. I am a “build through the draft“ guy so I just want a different perspective. Every success this franchise has had has been because of its lottery pick. Even Jimmy Butler was because of that guy. would it not be better to trade our top guys (third options on a championship team), let them go win chips somewhere else and just start over. Giving up lots of assets and bringing Giannis here will not get us anywhere and in 2-3 years when he asks out we will be in a worse position. Obviously the team doesn’t operate like that but seeing fans asking to gut the team and its future to bring a “whale” got me wanting to open up a discussion about it.
Also no matter who we bring here, we are not competing with OKC and SA. Can you guess how they built their team?