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In this episode of the Art of Building Championship Podcast, we discuss The Portland trailblazers and their rebuild.

The Portland Blazers this offseason decided it was their time to start their rebuild by getting the second overall pick and trading away their best player Damien Lillard for Jrue holiday and picks. The Blazers then proceeded to trade away Holiday to the Celtics for Malcokm Brodgan Robert WIlliams and future picks.

The Blazers with the #2 overall pick decided to select Scoot Henderson of ou the G league Ignite. Henderson has not been everything Portland has expected to start the season as he is struggling greatly from the 3-point line. The Blazers hope that this is just rookie slums as Henderson has shown some potential, but it hasn’t looked great. The Blazers also hope that thier young guards Simmons and Sharp can take another step moving forward becoming all starts in the future.

The Blazers also decided that they wanted more size and they traded away their center Nurkic for Deandre Ayton to try to get younger and maybe give the 1 option to Ayton to see what he is made of or for future trade value The Blazers are now I a great spot for a rebuild they have all of their pieces they need to get trade pieces when their young players start to shine.

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Episode Title: Lakers Legacy 

Episode #7

You are listening to the Art of Building Championship podcast with your host(s) Ethan Peck.

In this episode of the Art of Building Championship Podcast, we discuss The Los Angeles Lakers and their legacy.

The Lakers Are one of if not the best franchises in NBA history they are always able to get some of the greatest players ever on thier rosters. This makes the LAkers always a very interesting team to watch. With a lot of young and old watching now some consider the goat, Lebron James. They have also had some of the best players ever in Kareem Shaq and Kobe Byrant. 

The Lakers are also tied for the most championships of all time. Some of this success has to come from the high market and general management. As the general manager of the Lakers, your job is to bring in big names to the city of Los Angeles.

The Lakers will always be one of the best teams in the NBA as players will want to carry the legacy. People want to join the Lakers for all the great history, and the great players want to carry the legacy of the former great players who used to wear gold and purple.

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You are listening to the Art of Building Championships. the podcast with your host(s) Ethan Peck. 

In this episode of the Are of Building Championships Podcast, we discuss the Phoenix Suns and their rebuild.

Devan Booker was selected 13th overall in the 2015 overall draft. Devan Booker has been the saving grace for the Suns and for his first few years with the Suns, he was one of the only bright spots on the whole team. The Suns knew they had a great young player in their hands and needed to make some moves to win. At first, the Suns decided to trade Kelly Obure and pick Chris Paul.

The Suns went through a complete flip in the matter of one season where they missed the playoffs the next year they acquired Chris Paul, made the finals, and actually had a 2-0 lead on the Bucks. They had a completely different change in culture even though they had come up short in the NBA finals. The Suns would run it back for another year being dominant in the regular season but falling apart in game 7 of the semi-conference round. This would eventually lead to the Suns making the trade for Kevin Durant mid-season.

The Suns thought their championship window was closing and it is now for sure with an older Kevin Durant on your team. The Suns went home again in the second round with KD this led to the Suns trading Chris Paul and bringing in Bradley Beal from the Wizards to be their third scorer. A lot of people were not happy with everything the Suns have done completely new teams besides Booker being the only player from that run. Personally, I think they did too much trying to become a winning team when they should’ve just kept their young core and traded Chirs Paul