I'm not sure we would have been around .500 last year even with the injuries.....we got there in December by virtue of that six-game win streak, just as the 5-game win streak this year got us to 7-4.....but the water returned to it's natural level this year and would have last year IMO.
While this is an indictment of the team's personnel decisions it isn't totally unreasonable what the Bucks did. Nor was Harris totally crazy in proclaiming the team talented.
They relied upon three very young players in Bogut, Yi and CV to all take a major step forward and/or provide solid play, which none really have. Bogut's score is somewhat mixed though given his good January performance, so he's stepped forward after a down first two months.
The bigger mistakes are the three guys that Harris and Kohl have paid big money to. Redd, Mo, and Simmons. All three of these guys do not have the excuse that they are young and learning. All three have been highly compensated with almost $200 million dollars of contracts. And none of the three are able to produce at level equal to their contracts according to his formula. Mo is close but still not there.
http://www.wagesofwins.com/AllPlayersMid0708.html