please Babe, cut the crap. Half of your so-called dynasty of the 90's had to pull the needles out of their asses while they were in the on deck circle.
My point is that I agree with Spud in that I don't think it is much better than a .500 team. I was a little reluctant to go out on a limb like you to make the point that the team is currently 39-30.
You are ignoring the dynamics of the game. He eats innings and has saved the bullpen more than any other starter. That has a cascading effect beyond wins and losses in the games he pitches. Who would have have stepped into Wright's spot -- O'Sullivan? Without Wright, I could definitely see the team being 7 games under .500 in games pitched by his replacement. Do you think that would be a huge stretch?
And he had the ball in crunch time, because Pippen and Rodman put the team in that position.
BTW Steve Kerr hit some very big crunch time shots for that team.
You had asked if any of us had predicted that the 2012 would win 69 games. Then you posted a bunch of statistics that were impressive if they had been predictions or projections. That is why I asked whether those were pre-season projections. My answer to your original question is that I did not predict 69 wins for the 2012 team, but my prediction for the 2012 team after the season was over was more accurate than Pythagorean's record of 73 wins.