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Stotts first year WAS NOT a 40 win talent team. There should have been 4 or 5 more wins if not more. You had TJ, Mo, Simmons, Redd, Bogut, Magloire, Joe Smith, Charlie Bell, and Toni Kukoc. That was a good team with depth.
Getting into conversations about a 40 win team versus a 44 win team on paper is just rediculous. I am afraid to ask how you made that conclusion, and if it was a 45 win team on paper why did LH break it up?? Mo and TJ were both very young, bogut a rookie and Redd still young. I would really appreciate your input on how you decide how many wins a team should get based on talent.