re: What's the next step towards becoming a title contender?

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Parker and Gasol are not true 2nd bananas in the Pippen mold.

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Yes they are. You can argue this with Pau, but not with Parker. He was the MVP in 2007 for gods sake and that wasn't a gift. He was the best player on that team.
You think Pippen and MJ didn't have help, just like Parker and Pau had outside of the superstars?

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Also, "go find a Hall of Famer" that isn't ancient or very highly coveted isn't an easy task to pull off.

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I know that. That's why we aren't winning a championship anytime soon.
We need to keep getting better and hope we can lure a top guy here in a trade down the road, or actually keep a draft pick and get lucky.
We aren't winning one without a legit second fiddle.

We don't even know who our 2nd best player is right now. Every playoff team in the West at least knows who their #2 is.