What's the minimum for this season to be a success?

[Nondescript]

We need to come close enough that Proky will feel that he is on the right track and continue his current philosophy. If this season is a total flop he will be a lot less willing to spend on building a contender. I can live with us not winning the title this year if I feel that ownership will continue to put it all out for the sake of winning it all.

Or he'll just fire Billy King (which is a much better option IMO).

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Oh I wouldn't mind getting rid of Billy King at all, I'd just hate this season to go so poorly that Proky gets burned out he decides to not pursue building a winning roster aggressively.

[NyCeEvO]

I don't think he'll get burned out...at least not this soon.

At minimum, the move to Brooklyn was an investment for him. We lost tons of money (into the tens of millions if not more) per year before we moved.

Technically, he hasn't broken even yet. I really doubt that he'd quit now especially before he has had the opportunity to recoup and profit from the money that he's invested in the team.

[DrazenForThree]

I'd say you're in the Indiana/Chicago category. It's by no means assured you get to the finals if Miami loses early. Payroll is relevant with the effect it has on a team's ability to sign guys unless you're going to count on a KG/PP deal coming along every year. (This all, assuming, just for the sake of argument, that you DON'T win the title in which case all this is moot).

Do teams purchase early/middle first rounders that often at this point? Value rookie deals > cash in hand for most franchises. Also, it's not assured that you get a late pick in 2018. Nets, just like any team in the league, could very well be a lottery team by then. Do i doubt it with Prok as the owner? Yes. But it's possible.

The pacers have ZERO shot of beating us. we beat them in 5 or less if healthy and 6 or 7 with major injury. they dont matchup up well against us and are a complete fraud team in general

As far as salary. it is irrelevant as long as your owner is willing to continually take on long/dead money and pay the tax on it, which we have.

and yes, EVERY year there will be a team looking to dump its past its prime starts on max money.

[DrazenForThree]

We need to come close enough that Proky will feel that he is on the right track and continue his current philosophy. If this season is a total flop he will be a lot less willing to spend on building a contender. I can live with us not winning the title this year if I feel that ownership will continue to put it all out for the sake of winning it all.

Or he'll just fire Billy King (which is a much better option IMO).

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oh man, id sign up for an 0-82 season if it gauranteed king being fired. Can you imagine the roster we have plus the owner we have AND a good GM?

[Paradise]

We need to come close enough that Proky will feel that he is on the right track and continue his current philosophy. If this season is a total flop he will be a lot less willing to spend on building a contender. I can live with us not winning the title this year if I feel that ownership will continue to put it all out for the sake of winning it all.

Or he'll just fire Billy King (which is a much better option IMO).

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oh man, id sign up for an 0-82 season if it gauranteed king being fired. Can you imagine the roster we have plus the owner we have AND a good GM?

I know you're just talking in jest but nobody is coming here off another 12 win type of season. Proky might probably stop pumping cash into the team considering he's already covering losses. The team has to continue to win and stay a playoff team for the next 2-3 years.

Besides, If you want to fire King it would have to be before 2015-16 since that's actually when we would have expirings and assets to S&T which I'm afraid King might botch but 2016 free agency should be easy even for King.

[EGarrett]

We need to come close enough that Proky will feel that he is on the right track and continue his current philosophy. If this season is a total flop he will be a lot less willing to spend on building a contender. I can live with us not winning the title this year if I feel that ownership will continue to put it all out for the sake of winning it all.

Or he'll just fire Billy King (which is a much better option IMO).

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oh man, id sign up for an 0-82 season if it gauranteed king being fired.

Let's not go crazy here...