europa wrote:That's a great list Rilamann and it strikes to a point I've made before as well - everybody's focusing on what it will take to win a title and that's great. But at this stage, after two decades worth of mostly garbage, I'd be happy just to get back to the days of Nellie's Bucks which saw a very good team and a legit contender even if it meant no titles to show for it. I just want to see consistent winning basketball again. And as your list shows, there are a large number of teams that have managed to do that without the need for a superstar or landing a mega-star in the lottery. Smart, intelligent personnel decisions and good coaching would help this team immensely.
That's certainly my main focus. I'm most concerned about how messed up and backwards our front office seems to be. I'm not confident on us being able to field (court?) a successful team, regardless of what people think of the talent our individual players have, with the apparent issues in our front office. Lots of people like to say it'd be as easy as (or at least, they'd be happy if) so-and-so was traded for this type of player, we drafted this type of player and they turned into a success. Is anyone even remotely confident in that happening given the track record of our team in recent memory?
I really don't feel like we'll be seeing much change in the end result unless some sort of change ends up happening else where (I speak specifically of coaching-through-ownership, and not
necessarily who it is ultimately coaching or owning the team, but how things are done).
