I know everyone likes to dog pile on Chuck because he's dismissive of our team, but beyond the "jump shooting team" tag he's given us, there is something missing with this squad and it's been missing probably since Pippen, Sheed and Sabas were here (and hell even they didn't fully have it). This team lacks killer instinct a lot of the time.
Sure they have some talent, and yes they seem to have some reslience, but ultimate success in competitive sports is about enforcing your will and breaking the will of your opponent. Some teams do this with stifling defense (Boston), others with raw physical power (Lebron and Co.) , or some grind you up with their ability to execute (The Lakers and the championship Spurs), but the one common thing each of those teams possess is not just a resilience, but the ability to punish a team into submission.
Some think Oden is the key missing ingredient that will help provide this ability to impose their will, but between the fragility and unreliabilty of his body and the questions about his passion for the game I'm not so sure that this is much of a plan (and maybe it is our only chance?) but until they add somebody who can completely dominate the court for more than 82 games in 4 years and break the will of other teams this is going to remain a "really nice" good, but not great team.
