Gamble to have a future?
Look at the NBA's past 3 championships, all of which have been bought by high bets.
2019 champion – Toronto Raptors
High stakes: Five stars
Torontors are too eager for an O'Brien Cup, but after several years of hard work, they can't even rush out of the East, and it is clear that the routine operation of one board and one glance will not help much to win the championship, so in the summer of 2018, general manager Ujri waved a big hand, all in all the chips on the table, not only betting on the future of the Raptors, but also his career in the second half of his life.
Ugery used DeRozan, Peltel, plus a first-round pick to get junior boss Leonard from the Spurs, and Danny Green.
This deal made Ujjari once on the cusp of public opinion, because he sent away the soul of the Raptors, which not only demoralized the team, such as Lowry, who hung up several calls from Ujerry sadly, slowed down for several days, and gradually accepted this reality;
In addition, the image of the Raptors will also be greatly reduced, of course, and most importantly, although Leonard did not explicitly state, but the clear-eyed people know that he will only stay in Toronto for one year, and then he will leave as a free agent, although the risk is so high, but Ujerry still did so, and the final result is that he won the bet, the Raptors won the championship, Ujerri also won the war, not only got a contract extension, but also had a vice chairman title, which can be described as a winner in life, obviously, his wave of operations has also deeply affected other teams.
2020 Champion – Los Angeles Lakers
High stakes: Four stars
The success of Ujerry, let the Lakers general manager Pelinka deeply inspired, reality also told him that only one James, can not play in the West, so, in the summer of 2019, the Lakers poached the league's first big forward Anthony Davis, for this, they also paid a huge price, not only sent away 2 top-notch Ingram and Ball, but also the signing rights of No. 4 rookie Hunter, as well as Josh Hart, in addition to 2 first-round picks and 2 first-round exchange rights.
Compared with the Raptors, the risk of the Lakers is not so high, after all, they still have James, even if this combination can not win the championship, relying on the influence of Los Angeles and James, they can still attract other stars, but fate did not give them such an opportunity, the first year of cooperation, the Lakers will win the championship, but in the next 2 years, the Lakers' life is not so good, James's aging, Davis's state decline, are accelerating the pace of this team's reconstruction.
2021 Champion – Milwaukee Bucks
In our impression, it seems that only those teams with big city backgrounds are eligible to gamble, but who would have thought that the Bucks would actually join the ranks.
In the summer of 2020, the Bucks traded Bledsoe, George Hill, three first-round picks, plus two first-round swaps, from the Pelicans to Judah Holliday.
On fame, Holliday can not be compared with Leonard, Davis, but for the small team Bucks, this is already the limit of their ability to bear the risk, to know that at this time the alphabet brother, has moved the idea of leaving the team, if the trade continues to run, the Bucks will face a more tragic ending than the Raptors, the alphabet brother left the team, Holliday contract expired...
Fortunately, fate did not let the Bucks go to the end of the mountain, Holliday joined the first year, the Bucks won the NBA championship, Alphabet Brother and Holliday both stayed on the team, in the next few years, the Bucks will be the biggest favorite to compete for the championship.
Of course, not all high bets can succeed, such as the Rockets, half a set of rotations for Paul, and then 2 first rounds and 2 first round exchanges, to trade Wei Shao, although he is always a regular in the Western Conference semifinals, but in the end it is still a failure.
It can be seen that high gambling may not be able to win, but if you want to win the championship, you must gamble heavily.