The NBA community is confused right now. The Pacers and Thunder have made it to the Finals with only one superstar per team, so everyone is under the impression that [the "super team" is dead](https://www.si.com/nba/pacers/news/myles-turner-believes-pacers-will-change-how-nba-teams-build-rosters). The owners wanted to make it more difficult to put those teams together and to keep them together, so they made some changes to the CBA, and the consensus is that they've succeeded. I'm not so sure.
Sports journalists are rushing to judgment
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The most recent collective bargaining agreement didn't go into effect until 2023, so we have a very small sample size. It's way too early to determine success. The barometer they're going off is the fact that not only are the teams in the NBA Finals only built with one star, but that there has been a different champion every year over the past seven seasons. That trend precedes the CBA, though, so that doesn't make sense, either.
The truth about why there have been so many different winners has more to do with the increased talent throughout the league. Leonard led the Raptors to the championship when Golden State was severely compromised by injury (2019). The Lakers won a bubble championship, and nobody can agree on the significance of it (2020).
Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the greatest players we've ever seen, and he's in Milwaukee (2021). Nikola Jokic is a basketball savant nobody saw coming, and he plays in Denver (2023). These players hit their primes after Stephen Curry and LeBron James left theirs. But Curry still snuck in there and got one more (2022) between those guys.
Was Boston a superteam last year? They're grossly over the cap, and their best player didn't even win Finals MVP. They broke crazy records and blew through their opponents all season long. This OKC team isn't over the cap yet, but they will be soon enough, and let's not forget that they traded for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander; they didn't draft him.
The Spurs shouldn't be worried about any supposed trend
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There's hardly enough data to label this any kind of trend. San Antonio shouldn't be making any decisions solely based on the teams that made it to the finals in one season. If they think bringing in Kevin Durant or Giannis will help their chances of securing a title, they should do so. There are no guarantees in sports, and acting like you're going to build your way to victory these days is foolish.
The Pacers traded for Tyrese Haliburton, they didn't draft him either. The Spurs may already have their star, but this franchise doesn't just want one title. That seems to be the limit if you only have one star and a bunch of role players. Jokic, Giannis, Kawhi (once he went out on his own), and Jayson Tatum only have one, and they're about to break up the Celtics roster because of his injury, so who knows if he'll get another.
There's no denying that you must be careful with how you craft your roster, but this notion that you don't need but one star is silly. Pascal Siakam scored over 30 points in three out of six games in the Eastern Conference Finals. Jalen Williams was going crazy on the Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals. They may not be treated like stars, but they damn sure played like it.
Unfortunately for the Spurs, they don't currently have a Williams or Siakam on the team, so they'll [have to go find one.](https://airalamo.com/spurs-land-elite-wing-nobody-available-offseason)