That's all well and good, but they could win 50 games next year and I wouldn't be surprised. Just depends on what happens with Lopez and Thadeus. With both those guys healthy, they should be a playoff team again next year.
they couldn't even win 40 this year and have no way of improving . How are the going to win 10+ more games next season ?
LarBrd is an admitted pessimist. He sees worst case scenarios. Thats why he picked us to win 15-25 games this year, why he thinks Smart will probably be a defensive role-player, and why he wouldnt be surprised to see Brooklyn win 50 games.
Dont confuse pessimist with troll.
With a healthy Brook Lopez and the addition of Thad Young this team played rather well down the stretch and in the playoffs. If Young and Lopez return along with some improvement from Mason Plumlee and Bogdanovich and a resurgence of Williams and Johnson (at least if they dont fall apart like wed hope them too) along with the destruction of Miami/Toronto and no other team making a huge improvement in the East then Brooklyn
is a good bethas fighting chance to win 50 games.
However nearly all of these things need to happen for Brooklyn to sniff 50 wins. The biggest key is a healthy Lopez and he seems to be leaning towards opting out and if he doesnt what are the odds he stays healthy. The next key is a resurgence or at least treading water type performance from Williams and Johnson. It is more likely that they continue to get worse and worse. As for the young talent Bogdanovich is 26 and Plumlee is 25(although I like him a lot), they are getting close to evening out and I dont expect a huge breakout from either.
It is more likely that Lopez opts out, the old guys get worse, and this team finishes just ahead of the tank army that will probably occupy the majority of the bottom 10.