As you rightly say, Opinions are what we are basing the discussion on.
From the purchases Pistons 3 has made, I would suggest he is taking a different route to the top, as in creating his team. This is based on the fact he has youngsters across the board.
I agree with the strategy as I think the route to the top is different from when the longer standing Managers got there, as the competition was not as great back then.
I can see that the route you talk about may / would work, but also believe there is more than one option to achieving the obhectives.