We did indeed put ourselves in the best position possible with this historic regular season, and Kerr deserves a lot of credit for that. This team didn't make a lot of the mistakes that last year's team did (e.g., dropping home games to mediocre teams), and Kerr has certainly helped with the development of Barnes, Thompson, Green, etc., and help revitalize the careers of Speights, Livingston, and even Barbosa.

Now the real season starts. Anything other than conference finals is a supreme disappointment. And since this is probably the deepest team we're going to have for the foreseeable future, we really do need to strike now and win the whole chumpie.