Trust the Process, but with ring. (pick 8 - 9 - 10 obtained from trade).

Five season with 3 all-star, every single year in playoff 2 injuries. In 2140, I reach the playoff spots and trade the 3 all-star (31 yo, 31 yo, 33 yo) in 3 team: OKC (contender 32-40), Hornets (contender 34-39), and Suns (contender 31-41). Surprisingly with the rest of the players, including those obtained via trade, I manage to get to the conference finals.

With 4 first picks, and 2 second picks, 8 expiring contract players, and only 5 mid-level young players. I take 6 draft players (8-9-10-27-34-44) and 2 undrafted which seem interesting to me. With 13 players on the team and 70 million dollars available for the free agency, we sign Bohley (24yo, ex Lakers, 70 overall), Cosby-Roundtree (28yo, 66 overall), 2 veterans (56-55 overall), and all the young people selected at the draft (including the undrafted) and the 5 middle-level young people we already had, take on average 7 points overall (5-10).

Starting five: 71 ov, 66, 60, 55, 53.

Bench: 56 ov, 55, 50, 50, 48, 47, 47, 38, 37, 31, 30, 23.

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