Most teams are marquee free agent spots. Even the marquee free agent spots have droughts. Lebron was the first star the lakers landed in years. Phoenix had to trade for chris Paul. Milwaukee had to trade for jrue. Marquee free agents is an overrated term imo. Draft well, trade very smartly, have a good coach, and sign good role players with your money is all they have ever done and it usually gets them in the playoffs and even built their team to a conference finals team in the early 2010s
Marquee free agent destinations is not an overrated term when you're referring to the concept of superstar players, which CP3 and Jrue aren't at this point in their careers. The best FA signing that they've had in a long time in recent memory is David West, which tells you that they aren't viewed that way compared to other teams around the league.
The majority of those guys in the early 2010's Pacers roster were homegrown talent led by a superstar (at least at the time) in PG13. That's what Pritchard wants again and why he invoked the name of PG13 and Dipo.
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