Honest attempt ...
First thing I do is I give over the day-to-day ops to Donn Nelson and tell him the only time he needs approval from me is he's trading Dirk or giving away more than $10 million a year salary.
Then I transform myself into Donn Nelson and I ...
- Wave goodbye to Stackhouse and his ridiculously bad defense and poor shot choice. I also be happy Croshere's and Eschmeyer's salaries are off the books.
- I call the Hawks to see if they'd be interested in taking back Jason Terry and the No. 34 pick for their No. 11 pick.
- Assuming the Hawks agree, I promote Devin Harris to starting PG, force him to spend the entire summer learning the two-man game with Dirk and hitting 18-footers off the dribble. In the draft I take either: Spencer Hawes or Acie Law. Probably Hawes, though. In the second round I take Finland PG Petteri Koponen.
- In free agency, I make my best run at Rashard Lewis, offering him the starting small forward spot while pushing Josh Howard to the 2.
I guess that's not really fixing this team as setting it up to be younger and perhaps make another serious run in two years.