CraigForth
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How exactly is it stupid? Should they have another decade of just in/just out of the playoffs with a much lower chance of getting a game changer in the draft? It's a long term strategy, which has been something lacking from that franchise forever. they have mcw, nerlens and two likely lottery picks this year...plus some combo of thad young, evan turner et al...and lots of cap room. the stupid move would be to continue to leverage the future to sneak into the playoffs with a mediocre team again.
Stupid because worst record doesn't mean first pick necessarily. Stupid because there isn't a Lebron out there.
I don't have all the answers, maybe in 25 years we'll look back and say wow what a great idea it was to lose on purpose. If we hadn't done that then we wouldn't have been able to draft so and so and win a bunch of championships. Who knows, but I doubt that will be the case.