But I would think we might be dealing with two distinct timelines, with the basketball team taking longer to come around.

Here's my theory:

That said, managing expectations after such a drought of success is going to be really hard. Tyreke has talked about thirsting for the postseason. Many of us think that a lot of what's wrong with Cousins can be softened with team success. And it's a guarantee that a better team will better inspire fans to show up, be loud and stay interested. (It's certainly better for Sactown Royalty to have a better team.) So it might be the case where the theory follows that being bad another year is most beneficial to the long-term success of the team, the practical conditions require going hard to compete ASAP.

We'll see. As I said, we have a smart set of fans that will be able to comprehend what Vivek's team is doing off the court and on.