We went on extreme SCORING droughts. Basa was taking bets on which quarter it'd happen in.

Melo kills ALL of that for us.

And LMAO even harder at Clev fodder...like that ain't what we've been and are.

With Melo, we have a better shot IMO as he seems to play really well against Bron.

The top portion of the east and west has become an arms race and the pending cap expansion has made that race volatile.

Teams are legit GAINING ON US. Bucks, Indy (maybe), Det, Philly (eventually), ATL, Orl (maybe), Mia (got better off winslow alone).

And we not gonna even talk about the West (Aldridge on the spurs? really? Minny locked and loaded with Nukes? G-state being champs? Utah brewing, Phx trying, Hou trying to build a dream team?)...NOPE.

We need to push our chips to the center of the table for a good 2-3 season run at it. Otherwise, start over, blow up the core and keep the best pieces (Rose, Jimmy, Niko) and build around that for a second go round 3-4 seasons from now.