I agree with this 100%. Anyone who thinks they have to buy a 250-300k big in order to be successful at the highest level in this game, doesn't understand the game. There are many different styles of bigs and players in general and if you get the right team together, you can have a salary efficient team that can compete.
Młoty Stargard is the perfect example of this. He has consistently been competing in B3 and he has no monster bigs on his roster at all.
He has 7 players on his team that are between 90-120k and his highest Salaried player is an 118k PF. You do not need a team salary ridiculously high to compete. It's a balance, more salary on the big side, or more salary on the guard side, or equal between all positions. It just depends.
+1
Murray/Harris/MPJ/Grant/Jokic - 2020 NBA Champs