The quick fix in the NBA is often the easy one. A team blows up its roster to get a star or superstar, someone already in the league pantheon. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But improvement can also come via different route, like when a player has an epiphany, a revelation that unless things change, the golden dream of the NBA will be lost, forever. Often, that’s more satisfying for the players and the organization. There’s a word for it: development.
Nic Claxton is currently the poster boy for development in Brooklyn which has seen other players follow a similar route, whether it’s Joe Harris or Spencer Dinwiddie or Jarrett Allen.