Game 40: Denver Nuggets (23-15) vs. Dallas Mavericks (22-17) | 8:30pm CST

[KillerLeft]

Dirk had multiple excellent regular seasons.  I want a Luka championship too. But let’s at least get a high quality regular season. It’s not too much to ask. It’s going to take a different coach.

I'm right there with you in that it's frustrating that this team seems unprepared for the regular season consistently, year after year. I think it has to do with coaching, culture and Luka's level of professionalism, each to unknown extents. I don't think this is too much to ask, either, and I think at this point the team needs to feel a little heat from ownership, the media and even the fan base over this. Some of it is bad luck, but it's becoming a pattern, and it's concerning. 

However, your earlier proclamations that the team is "cooked" and that the "window is closed" are pretty extreme and I think you're letting the frustration burrow too deep into your psyche. This team is not old at all, and I see no reason they can't contend for the next few years. It feels like they'd contend this year to me still, if they were able to get everyone healthy in time to get on the same page, but even if that doesn't happen I'm not seeing anything that leads me to believe it's time to blow it up or anything.

EDIT: I might be motivated to look at making changes on the training staff, if I were on the inside of all of this. Maybe. Sadly, IF the coaching staff is mostly to blame, I fear these injuries buy them time, if anything. And, I feel like firing the HC, as in knowing when to do it and where to go for a replacement, is an area in which Harrison is still utterly untested. Loads of ways THAT could go wrong...wait too late...jump the gun...hire an even worse replacement, etc. The best we can hope for this year is that the team gets healthy enough for the world to find out if Kidd learned from last year's playoff run, imho.