The Avs were an 82 point team and the first team out of the playoffs one year ago. Could it not be possible that least year was the anomaly, and not the two years that preceded it?
I mean, the Avs had the worst PDO by 1.6% last year. That is abysmal. The next ten teams above them were all within 1% of each other. This is the exact same stat that people crucified us for in 2013, and people totally ignore it now that it no longer works in their favor.
I'm not even trying to argue that the Avs will be good, just that there's a chance they're just kind of okay, that they may not be confined to 30 points below 2nd-to-last place for all of eternity. How can that be so outrageous? And if that isn't so outrageous, why is it so crazy to believe a college UFA might enjoy the early playing time early on and hope to ride a team upwards?