They got Butler primarily because of location.
The Jazz are a better example with Gobert and Mitc , but pulling that off is a fluke and even despite it they've never been legit contenders.
There's a long history of small and/or non glamor markets having something conspire against them and magically having lottery luck in short order.
Obviously, they shouldn't be absolved for not helping themselves, but S bag screwed them, the league allowed it to happen and they've now had 3 chances to somewhat make it up to them and failed.
The league hates this franchise from their being uncooperative partners unlike previous dynasties, as well as for load management.