The “war chest” he built up was not near the war chest at his disposal for the 17-18 run.
And we were, at best, the same caliber team this year as that team was prior to the “all in” moves.
In:
Stanley.
Sherwood.
Brown
McEneny.
Smith.
Culina.
Out:
9x2nds. 3x3rds. 4th. 2x5ths. 8th. Ladd.
In comparison, this year, prior to the Costantini trade, we had 6x2nds and 8x3rds, and no 1st rounder to deal in the “war chest”.
Not near enough to go all in when other contenders around the league had bigger war chests (some double the 2nds), arguably better teams to begin with, and were performing better.
And in 17-18, we addressed needs and filled holes. This year, we filled some holes but did not address our biggest needs.