rabman_gold
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Well, we're in the dog days of the NBA season, so I thought I'd briefly bring back this discussion.
The way I see this past season, just like 1989, we underachieved pretty badly, akin to getting stomped in the first round. If history truly repeats itself over and over, I'm sure even if we were able to make it competitive, it wouldn't have changed anything. We were not ready to compete this past year.
But I also think the how it looks for the upcoming season, the 2023-24 team is going to look a thousand times better compared to the 1989-90 season.
Still, it took me nearly 3 months to recover from last season's thumping. But there's still hope. I feel this team has the same potential. But will it only be a couple years or turn into something more?
The way I see this past season, just like 1989, we underachieved pretty badly, akin to getting stomped in the first round. If history truly repeats itself over and over, I'm sure even if we were able to make it competitive, it wouldn't have changed anything. We were not ready to compete this past year.
But I also think the how it looks for the upcoming season, the 2023-24 team is going to look a thousand times better compared to the 1989-90 season.
- No need to remove any bad influences. We still have our top 4 (and our "Ron Harper" to speak of).
- We're still slightly top heavy, but more pieces to add to the mix.
- Daugherty, Nance, Price, Hot Rod, Ehlo was the 1989-90 top 5. Kerr, Brown, and Keys is a big drop-off.
- But we have Allen, Mobley, Mitchell, and Garland as our main core. Okoro and LeVert is still here. But would Strus, Niang, and Jerome be any worse that what we trotted 24 years ago?
- The biggest issue would be health. But any team that can only play 4 guys more than 2000 minutes into a season is going to struggle.
Still, it took me nearly 3 months to recover from last season's thumping. But there's still hope. I feel this team has the same potential. But will it only be a couple years or turn into something more?