WAIT AND SEE not just with DFish but with PJ too. Dolan spent a lot of money with those 2, Phil has to be the highest paid exec ever in the history of the NBA and we're paying a rookie head coach more than we paid Woody. It's a major gamble and so far PJ has only shown me that he can spend Dolan's money. The last guy I remember doing that was Isiah Thomas who also didn't mind spending Dolans money on dubious contracts and players.
DFish talked a good game at his presser now he has to deliver. What I'm looking for next season is to see if he can overachieve with this roster, they showed they have the ability to win at the end of the season so let him build on that.
I could care less about his talking game, I'm sure Kerr's, SVG,'s did and any other coach hired this off-season will have Bryan Adams type speeches
The problem with winning at the end of the season it was primarily against a cupcake schedule but Sixers/Bucks/Cavs/Orlando/Boston are going to be vastly improved teams. The Field Fish is coaching against is on an upward trend while we are not
Let's look at the picks from these teams alone just in this draft
Cavs Pick
#1 #33
Orlando Picks
#4 #12
Bucks Picks
#2 #31 #36 #48
Sixers Picks
#3 #10 #32 #39 #47 #52 #54....probably should throw in additionally Nerlens Noel as he didn't play 1 lick last year)
Boston Picks
#6 #17
Then you have these teams who have 3 picks at least
Toronto
#20 #37 #59
Bulls
#16 #19 #49
Charlotte
#9 #24 #45
Guess what most of these teams have cap space right now and potentially in 2015. Oh and most of those teams have players teams covet so they can make trades to improve. If we say well no one has any idea how good those players will be at positions drafted, while this may be true let's play the simple game of odds here...
There are 26 picks total from just those 8 Eastern Conference teams but there are only 60 picks in the draft and there are several other teams who hold multiple picks. Which means the pool of teams in the draft is shrunk less by the 30 in total across the league. This means those 8 teams stand a significant chance to get 1 if not 2 major impact players on their team, changing not only the course of their franchise but the landscape of the conference. We play 52gms against the East and 30 games against the West. We went 26-26 this past season probably when the conference was at it's weakest.
And going back to the unknown talent at those picks well let's say a team is just as unsure or wants to use their other options such these scenarios currently being discussed...
Bulls talking to Nuggets to trade picks 16 and 19 for pick 11
Bulls flipping pick 11 to Wolves for possibly Kevin Love
Sixers talking to Cavs to trade Thaddeus Young and pick 3 for pick 1
Kings trading pick 8 to Bucks for Brandon Knight and Dennis Shroeder
All of this is just speculation at this point but there are simply far better options and flexibility with other franchises right now in comparison to ours to improve. The route we should take is somewhat similar to what Philly decided to do this past season. Start dumping dudes for as many picks you can get and be an absolute savage franchise come 2015 draft.