So glad we don’t have to deal with this anymore ……

[gomretat]

Agree to disagree. We make the playoffs last season if we wanted to. We tried hard to lose and still damn near made the playoffs

I think you are right but we didnt make it so the real answer is that we weren't good enough. I hope we use our assets to become legit but so far it has not happened and I dont see us being a serious contender this year. And being in the playoffs is not enough, we need to contend. I still think it is obvious that we could have traded away one of our dysfunctional twosome and been in the hunt last year. How many years of not being relevant is OK when what you did was self inflicted?

 

[fishonjazz]

I think you are right but we didnt make it so the real answer is that we weren't good enough.

I disagree that we weren't good enough.

 

[HermanG]

I think you are right but we didnt make it so the real answer is that we weren't good enough. I hope we use our assets to become legit but so far it has not happened and I dont see us being a serious contender this year. And being in the playoffs is not enough, we need to contend. I still think it is obvious that we could have traded away one of our dysfunctional twosome and been in the hunt last year. How many years of not being relevant is OK when what you did was self inflicted?

Small market teams dont jump from tank to contender... ever. There are steps to take.

We skipped a few years thanks to Lauri and Kessler emerging as legit pieces, but we still need few in-between years and likely 1 blockbuster trade... unless we find more all-stars from our current roster.

We could very well make the playoffs and get outclassed in the first round... and if that happened it should be considered great success for where we are in our timeline.