Fans not demanding an NBA title

truebluefan · Apr 19, 2010

http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_14911177

Players, coaches, front-office personnel. They have tunnel vision, and they should. When you have the capability to win a championship, they would say, nothing less than a championship will do.

Fair enough.

And yet, to me, this Nuggets season presents an interesting question. Is there a level of failure this season that fans are prepared to accept and forgive, given the circumstances? Let's say the Nuggets lose the first- round series to Utah. Could the season still be shaded as some sort of a success? Or would the Nuggets have to advance further?

This year started with the coach saying: "We might have talked about winning a championship (in the past). I believe this team can win a championship."

That coach, George Karl, through no fault of his own, is no longer there. Pessimists among us may have predicted Kenyon Martin would miss significant time because of injury. But who foresaw the size and scope of the impact losing both would have? Not many.

Lately, there are positive signs. Martin is back. The Nuggets won Game 1 against the Utah Jazz thanks to fourth-quarter domination. Karl is ghostwriting the game plans as he continues to recover from cancer treatment.

But does any of this now mean anything less than the NBA Finals is a head-shaking step back?

I'm going to say no.
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