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What teams will be perennial championship contenders starting in 2-3 years? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by schwockem@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Many teams are currently in their window (Bucks, Celtics, Suns, Sixers, Nuggets, etc). Who are the teams that are still 2-3 years away, but will be championship juggernauts for years to come?

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[–] TFSpock@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (29 children)

Of all the young cores, OKC is the only one I’m confident is on a championship trajectory. They check off all the boxes - franchise player, young two-way supporting cast, good coach, ample draft capital.

Pacers and Hawks have defensive issues, Orlando has spacing issues, pelicans have health issues. Spurs have their superstar but they’ll need a few years to grow.

Cavs, kings, wolves, grizzlies - not confident that they have a championship ceiling with their current cores. Dallas is trending upwards but has work to do. These teams are all exciting but the unfortunate reality is that most of them will top out as decent playoff teams.

[–] DaddyJBird@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The issue for OKC is keeping those young pieces once their rookie contracts are up. Guys will want to get paid and there is only so much to go around. OKC doesn’t strike me as a franchise that is willing to go deep into the luxury tax so keeping those guys may be a challenge.

[–] bleev@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They’ve gone deep in the luxury tax before and it’s safe to assume they’ll do it again if it looks like they have a championship window.

https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2784460-thunder-to-become-1st-team-in-nba-history-to-top-300m-in-salary-and-luxury-tax.amp.html

[–] DaddyJBird@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Honestly I would mind seeing it. I am not as optimistic about it as you are, but I guess we should know in a few years.

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