Perspective on the value of a top 5 pick.

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(11-04-2019, 12:21 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Over time too, complacency adds up. Take for instance scouting and signing free agents. IF teams get 1 more good player than you...over 1 offseason it's not a big deal. Over 5 years it is.

We lost A LOT of talent in Whitworth, Zeitler, Jones, Sanu, Hall, Joseph, Nelson, Peko, and several other guys. We didn't replace those guys with adequate replacements in most cases.

THAT'S a HUGE decline.

Oh...and Bates has a horrible PFF rating. 

We got those good players through a few really good drafts we had in a row. But it appears that was the outlier not the norm and it could not be sustained. We have to have 5 or good starters from each draft to build a competitive roster. Can't be done realistically. Another failure of Mikey's model he is too blind to see.