How Each Failed NBA Rebuild Can Turn Things Around

January 25th, 2016 by Dan Favale Leave a reply »

Not every NBA rebuild unfolds according to plan.

The Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Pelicans and Phoenix Suns are all finding that out now, more so than any other reclamation projects.

Each franchise attempted an expedited rebuild, and each failed. Calls for immediate redirection already loom large. There is no obvious path back toward respectability, but some routes are better than others.

 

Honorable Mention: Los Angeles Lakers



The Los Angeles Lakers have, like every other team in this space, failed to execute their initial rebuilding model.

But that blueprint is years into its failed process. The reasons are well-documented but worth noting: Market appeal wasn't enough to keep Dwight Howard in Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant's 2013 extension (a legacy deal without a veil) cramped their financial flexibility and they whiffed on every high-profile free-agency pursuit.

Another default mode of advancement has revealed itself: two top-seven prospects in Julius Randle and D'Angelo Russell, plus losing enough to keep their top-three protected fi ...

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