If you look at the Roster and how some of the young talent has developed so far, you can see that there is a lot to work with here. We have a chance to make some changes/additions this summer and make this team better. I think that the team is a lot closer to being a good team than the naysayers want us to think.

Curry is a force inside and he's not even a fully developed player yet. Some will complain about that, but it is what it is. He's still got things to learn, but he's also got a lot of ability.

Lee showed that he's for real this year. He's just what we need and he still has upside to his game.

Balkman and Collins showed that they are in the mold of Lee and will give us a real solid bench.

Despite his somewhat shaky 1st yr, Jared should be a solid Role player, which is what we wanted.

Despite his bad 2nd year, Frye still has the talent to turn it around and be a better player. We'll see if Isiah sticks with him or uses him in a deal

We won't know about Morris for a while, but from everything we've seen he's a talent.

Overall there are other things to look at as goos signs, but there's also the fact that the TEAM actually came together and held together this year. They like each other and they play hard. I'm looking foward to summer moves and next year.

Basically, I agree with most of what's been said. I'd like to add that Q has shown himself to be a talented player who helps on both ends of the court, when he's healthy. So the question is will the surgery that he just had solve his problem or improve it significantly. I guess the safest attitude is to be sceptical until we see what the does next season.

This team should be fairly competitive next year if the following happens: 1) Balkman and Collins improve their jumpshots, 2) we waive Francis, 3) Q can come back at about 95% and play 65+ games, and 4) Curry can pass better out of the double teams. If these things happen (and really other than maybe Q, everything else should happen) and nothing else changes too drastically, I think this team will win 40-45 games next year, which should be good enough for the 7th seed.

[Edited by - thegame on 04-09-2007 08:46 AM]

Posted by bigbeast:

We have some nice complimentary pieces, but we don't have that major piece to complete the puzzle.

i disagree with this wholeheartedly. i don't really think we too many complimentary pieces at all, that's why "chemistry" is so tough to attain and has been for so many years.

basically what it comes down to is the fact that we have so many heavily flawed players. and that's expected considering our team is basically made up of late 1st round picks, as well as lottery picks that never really helped their previous teams excel and were made available for a reason.

that's why frye should be considered a major dissapointment b/c he was OUR lotto pick. no trade, no free agent signing, but OUR pick.

we can not field a team that can play some defense AND score some points at the same time. technically, we have only two, 2-way players on the roster: quentin and marbury. quentin can't play for more than 55 games a year while steph has a lot of mileage and will be playing hurt the rest of his career.

we're built on shaky ground.