Probably not going to happen, considering what level we were at last year (mediocre). Those two team had historical basement to championship success. I mean, our best turnaround ever was the 31-51 record in 1991 to the 57-25 in '92 appearance in the NBA Conference Finals (25 game difference). They lost Price for most of the season then had Brandon back him up next year as a rookie. We comparatively had a 33-49 record. You realize to get that 35-38 difference in historical value, we'd need to win an equivalent to the '67 Sixers, the '73 Celtics, hell barely what we pulled off in '09. Those records don't grow on trees. For more comparisons, the Spurs had previously slogged through a painful dweller '97 with Robinson to get the #1 Duncan (a legend in the making) who was already basketball ready with 4 years of college. Additionally, the same for the '87 Spurs who finally got Robinson a year or so later. I think Bird's in the conversation as well as the '96 Bulls, who set the NBA record with 72 wins prior to the sub 50 win mark for only 20 win improvements.
Of course, math isn't 100% accurate, but let's just focus on being a normal playoff team first (mid-40s), then conference finals ready (mid-50s), then finals and championship worth (low to mid 60s), anything else is bonus. That includes getting a 30 win improvement (which can be possible) and then building for the next season IF we can show progress we need to (I'm paying close attention to this team, nothing is set in stone).